Can you get a partial liver transplant?

A liver transplant is a surgical procedure performed to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person. The liver may come from a deceased organ donor or from a living donor. Family members or individuals who are unrelated but make a good match may be able to donate a portion of their liver. read more

An individual receiving a transplant may either get a whole liver, or a segment of one. If an adult liver is available and is an appropriate match for 2 individuals on the waiting list, the donor liver can be divided into 2 segments and each part is transplanted one for the adult and one for a child. read more

Living donor liver transplantation has two major advantages over deceased-donor transplantation. First, there is an improved survival rate for the adult transplant recipients who received living-donor livers over deceased-donor livers. Please see charts below. Secondly, the wait for transplantation can be greatly reduced. read more