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Reduced size liver transplantation (RLT) for paediatric recipients has been performed in increasing numbers throughout the world. In Europe, 264 such transplants had been performed by the end of 1989, of which 101 (38%) have been performed during 1989 alone [1].The original technique of reduced size grafting described by Houssin and Bismuth [2] was extended by Otte [3] and now gives results not significantly different from those of whole organ transplantation [4]. With such experience and the continued shortage of organ donors, combined with the enormous regenerative capacity of the liver, it was inevitable that the feasibility of living related segmental liver donation would be studied. Programmes have now been initiated in several continents and the procedure seems likely to expand.
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McMaster, P., Czerniak, A. (1991). Living Related Liver Transplantation: A Note of Caution. In: Land, W., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76444-8_22
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