Editing Liver transplantation (section)

{{Short description|Type of organ transplantation}}
{{Infobox medical intervention (new)
| name          = Liver transplantation
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| image         = Human Hepar.jpg
| caption       = A healthy human liver removed at autopsy
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| specialty     = [[Hepatology]], [[Transplant surgery]]
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| complications = Primary nonfunction of graft, [[hepatic artery thrombosis]],<ref name=Piardi /> [[portal vein thrombosis]],<ref name=Piardi /> biliary stenosis, biliary leak, ischemic cholangiopathy<ref name=Memeo />
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| ICD9          = {{ICD9proc|50.5}}
| MeshID        = D016031
| MedlinePlus   = 003006
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'''Liver transplantation''' or '''hepatic transplantation''' is the replacement of a [[Liver disease|diseased liver]] with the healthy [[liver]] from another person ([[allograft]]). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for [[Cirrhosis|end-stage liver disease]] and [[acute liver failure]], although availability of donor organs is a major limitation. Liver transplantation is highly regulated, and only performed at designated transplant medical centers by highly trained transplant physicians. Favorable outcomes require careful screening for eligible recipients, as well as a well-calibrated live or deceased donor match.<ref name="Reddy 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Reddy |first1=Mettu Srinivas |last2=Varghese |first2=Joy |last3=Venkataraman |first3=Jayanthi |last4=Rela |first4=Mohamed |title=Matching donor to recipient in liver transplantation: Relevance in clinical practice |journal=World Journal of Hepatology |pages=603–611 |doi=10.4254/wjh.v5.i11.603 |date=27 November 2013 |volume=5 |issue=11 |pmid=24303088 |pmc=3847943 |doi-access=free }}</ref>