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Liver transplants from live donors increasing.
The number of adults who choose to donate a large portion of their liver to help save a sick loved one is on the rise.
In 1997, only one adult received a liver transplant from a living donor. By 2000, that number had jumped to 266 adults, according to a study published in a recent issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
The procedure was introduced in 1989 to increase the number of suitable liver transplants for children. In an adult-to-child transplant, about 20 percent of the adult's liver is removed and transplanted. The liver then regenerates in the donor and recipient. Live-donor liver transplants account for about 30 percent of liver ...
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- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business De Lafuente, Della October 28, 1991 700+ words
...Financing Administration to perform liver transplants for Medicare patients. There are...both Cleveland hospitals, Medicare liver transplants represent a potential new market...quick to point out that performing liver transplants won't be profitable unless they...
- UPMC study: Live-donor liver transplants have high rate of complications
- Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Andrew Conte; Luis Fabregas August 2, 2009 700+ words
...of complications in live-donor liver transplants should not stop patients from seeking...serious complications in live-donor liver transplants at UPMC -- confirming a December...said yesterday that the frequency of liver transplants using live donors likely will diminish...
- Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplants on the rise.
- Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly March 19, 2003 700+ words
...of adult-to-adult living donor liver transplants in the United States is increasing...contrast to living donor pediatric liver transplants, which uses approximately 20% of...accounts for about 5% of all adult liver transplants. The investigators sent a 24-item...
- Independent Pittsburgh veterans health system performs more liver transplants.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 29, 2004 700+ words
...System has doubled the number of liver transplants it is providing to veterans. Between...number of physicians that [perform]liver transplants, so that in itself makes a difference...Pittsburgh." UPMC performed 251 liver transplants from deceased donors during 2003...
- Va. Medicaid Program to Stop Paying for Liver Transplants
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Sandra Evans May 14, 1988 700+ words
...program will stop covering the cost of liver transplants under a decision made this week by...The board cited the high cost of liver transplants, averaging $250,000 apiece...Services to write regulations ending all liver transplants, subject to public hearings. The...
- Living donor liver transplants fell in U.S. after donor deaths, now on the...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Evans, Jeff February 1, 2005 700+ words
...The number of living donor liver transplants completed in the United States is...Baltimore. The number of living donor liver transplants performed in the United States topped...donors, but the rate for living donor liver transplants is "at least an order of magnitude...
- Patients living longer with liver transplants: Only kidneys are more in...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Price, Joyce July 10, 1996 700+ words
...6,618 Americans were awaiting liver transplants. But only 3,923 Americans received liver transplants in all of 1995. According to data...any other organ except kidneys. Liver transplants are sometimes the only viable option...
- `Liver Transplants for Alcoholics'
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post December 10, 1988 700+ words
...interest Don Colburn's story on "Liver Transplants for Alcoholics" in the Nov. 29...for alcoholics who are in need of liver transplants. For many alcoholics, this requirement...sobriety before being eligible for liver transplants. The diagnosis of alcoholism should...
Source: HighBeam Research, Liver transplants from live donors increasing.