Are there liver banks for liver transplants?

Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person . Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, although availability of donor organs is a major limitation. read more

By Barbara Anderson Reno Gazette-Journal June 14, 1998 Debbie Pinjuv, 42, of Reno has been waiting a year and a half for a liver to save her life. Paul Saucedo, 57, of Carson City waited more than three years for a transplant that gave him new life. read more