Reduced liver transplants: (A) Given to two recepients after dividing into two pas, (B) Left lateral lobe divided and given to child, (C) Left lateral segment divided from segment 2 and gives to child, (D) Pa of liver segment transplanted into recepient depending upon requirement
Answer is D. Reduced size liver transplant Liver can be reduced to a functional unit of appropriate size for the recepient It can overcome the donor - recepient size discrepancy, but it does not increase the absolute number of grafts Ref: Sabiston 20th edition Pgno : 637-638