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Do you need the whole liver to do a transplant?
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No: A segment of a healthy liver is sufficient for transplant. This is commonly done in cases of living liver donation, or when the donor liver is too large for the smaller recipient.
Answered 8/29/2011
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No: Split livers and live donor transplants utilize partial liver grafts.
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