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Can people with a BMI over 30 be living donors for liver transplantation?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 3, pages 304–305 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textMoss J et al. (2005) Select utilization of obese donors in living donor liver transplantation: implications for the donor pool. Am J Transplant 5: 2974–2981

Carefully selected obese donors with a BMI >30 can safely undergo donor hepatectomy and provide suitable grafts for liver transplant recipients

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Trotter, J. Can people with a BMI over 30 be living donors for liver transplantation?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 304–305 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0499

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