Liver Transplant Tour

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The following slides (11-42) take you through the actual transplantation procedure.

11. This is the schematic of a completed liver transplantation. The diseased liver is removed and a donor liver is grafted into place. The hatched lines indicate the area of sewing between recipient and donor blood vessels and bile ducts. (Click to enlarge picture)




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University of Southern California USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Disease
1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles CA 90033-4612
Phone: (323) 442-5908     Fax: (323) 442-5721
E-mail: uscliver@surgery.hsc.usc.edu