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orthotopic liver transplant

Known as: Orthotopic Liver Transplantation 
A surgical procedure in which an individual's native liver is removed and replaced by a donor liver.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Multicentric evaluation of model for end‐stage liver disease‐based allocation and survival after liver transplantation in Germany – limitations of the ‘sickest first’‐concept
Since the introduction of model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) in 2006, post‐orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) survival… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Steroid‐free liver transplantation using rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction: Results of a prospective randomized trial
Steroids have been 1 of the primary modes of immunosuppression since the inception of transplantation and have been credited with… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Analysis of the complications of the piggy-back technique in 1,112 liver transplants.
BACKGROUND The "piggy-back" technique has gained acceptance in adult orthotopic liver transplantation during the last few years… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effect of orthotopic liver transplantation on the progression of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.
BACKGROUND Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease associated with a mutant form of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A preS mutation isolated from a patient with chronic hepatitis B infection leads to virus retention and misassembly.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pharmacokinetics and ventilatory effects of oxycodone before and after liver transplantation
Review
1995
Review
1995
Survival after a first episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Prognosis of potential candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation
Abstract To determine the potential role of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in cirrhotic patients surviving a first… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
SPLIT TOLERANCE INDUCED BY ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN MICE1
Spontaneous orthotopic liver allograft acceptance associated with microchimerism in mice induces tolerance to subsequent skin or… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Biochemical and histologic evaluation of recurrent hepatitis C following orthotopic liver transplantation.
It is well recognized that hepatitis recurs in virtually all patients who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation for cirrhosis… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Persistent hepatitis B virus infection of mononuclear blood cells without concomitant liver infection. The liver transplantation model.
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