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Video 56.1 Surgical technique used for laparoscopic left lobe donation

Surgical technique used for laparoscopic left lobe donation. Living donor liver transplantation provides ready access to a liver allograft for those in need. Outcomes of living donor transplants are equal or superior to deceased donor grafts, yet, despite this statistic, living donation remains a poorly utilized option in the US, accounting for less than 5% of the total number of transplants annually. Source: Courtesy of Drs. Benjamin Samstein, Daniel Cherqui, and Jean Emond at New York Presbyterian Hospital.