Hypothermic machine perfusion before viability testing of previously discarded human livers.

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Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

Published: February 2021


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