2007-03-07 08:58:01 · 9 answers · asked by ahanafy91 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Sure. An anatomically suitable portion of a healthy voluntary donors liver can be removed and transplanted into someone with liver failure. Both halves of the liver will grow and reach the size of a normal liver in a few weeks. The risk to the donor is greater than with a kidney transplant, for instance, but the chances of dying of the proceedure are generally accepted to be less than 0.5%. It is commonly performed in countries like Japan and South Korea where brain dead donors are scarce. There are several centers in the US which also perform live donor liver transplants.
2007-03-07 22:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by Vinay K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. There is living donor liver transplants. Dr. Silvano Raia at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Medical School in 1986 was the first to accomplish this. This grew out of the initial attempts where a parent donated a portion of their liver to a child. Now, we can do adult to adult. This has improved the chances of finding a timely match.
There is of course a significant risk to the recpient, but there is also a small risk to the donor (about 0.5 to 1%).
This risk has, of course, stirred an ethical debate about "do no harm".
2007-03-07 10:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by tickdhero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can take part of the liver of a living person and it will regenerate.
2007-03-07 09:00:53 · answer #3 · answered by Whatever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 10:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the liver heals extremely quickly so that they can remove a portion of the liver from a donor without him being dead. also they would not usually remove it from a person who died because of the toxins released when you die.
2007-03-07 11:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the other person giving you the liver wants to die.
2007-03-07 09:00:47 · answer #6 · answered by patchouligirl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO...you only have 1 (one) liver...it is the body's "chemical laboratory"!
2007-03-07 09:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by acatalinus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure you can, but the donor will die without their liver!!
2007-03-07 09:01:08 · answer #8 · answered by progunr 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes you can.
2007-03-07 13:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by zeto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋