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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Surgical Techniques

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The authors have chosen to describe the most commonly used surgical techniques for liver transplantation and their variations, namely, the standard technique with and without venous-venous bypass, the piggy-back technique with and without venous-venous bypass, and the Belghiti modification of the piggy-back. In addition to that, two rare forms of liver transplantation will be discussed: the procedures used for situs viscerus inversus and auxiliary liver transplantation.

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  1. Jefferson Transplant Institute, Division of Transplantation, Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Liver Tumor Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Cataldo Doria

  2. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Samuel Goldstein

  3. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Ignazio R. Marino

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  1. Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplant Surgery, Director, Jefferson Transplant Institute, Director, Division of Transplantation, Surgical Director, Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Liver Tumor Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Cataldo Doria

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Doria, C., Goldstein, S., Marino, I.R. (2017). Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Surgical Techniques. In: Doria, C. (eds) Contemporary Liver Transplantation. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07209-8_2

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