Or you might have problems after you go home. Possible problems after a liver transplant include rejection, bile leakage or kidney problems. Other risks include infection, blood clots and bleeding.

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Their liver can grow back quite quickly (rejuvenate). A living donor liver transplant has risks for the donor, as well as the person receiving the liver tissue. Talk to your surgeon about whether this ...

Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Director of the Northwestern Medicine ...

There are few treatment options and death rates as high as 50%. Many don't qualify for a liver transplant or can't get a match in time. The new study, which is expected to get underway later this ...

Just two hours after transplant, the pig liver began producing bile ... A mismatch could result in a pig liver that can’t work in the human body or one that triggers dangerous immune responses. Sign ...

A liver transplant was “a last ... She is grateful to her parents — both medical professionals — who put those risks “into perspective to help me make an informed decision.” ...