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This toolkit is for people who’ve been approved as a liver transplant candidate, been placed on the national transplant waiting list, and have decided to pursue the option of finding a living donor.
To reduce time spent on the waiting list, family, friends, co-workers, and even strangers offer to be living organ donors.
This presentation is an excerpt from the ALF 2021 Poster Competition and showcases posters and a brief video created by early career investigators.
This presentation is an excerpt from the ALF 2021 Poster Competition and showcases posters and a brief video created by early career investigators.
Your liver can regenerate after surgical removal or injury with as little as 50% of the original liver remaining, making living-donor liver transplants one of the most successful treatments for those suffering from late-stage liver disease.
ALF, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), launched The Greatest Gift Initiative to raise awareness about lifesaving living-donor liver transplantation.
UPMC has partnered with the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and ALF to educate patients on the liver and kidney waiting lists about the benefits of receiving organs from a living donor.
Live donor liver transplantation is when a healthy person donates a portion of their liver to another person in need of a liver transplant.
Dr. AnnMarie Liapakis provides an overview about the donation and transplantation process, what to expect with the surgery and recovery, and long-term outlook for donors and recipients.
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