RT Book, Section A1 Tsaparas, Petros H. A1 Machairas, Nikolaos A1 Sotiropoulos, Georgios C. A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo A2 Santibañes, Martin de A2 Santibañes, Eduardo de SR Print(0) ID 1180113814 T1 Auxiliary Liver Transplantation T2 Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260462517 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180113814 RD 2024/03/28 AB Auxiliary liver transplantation (ALT) is an alternative to total transplantation. The primary goal is to assist a problematic hepatic function until the patient’s inherited liver dysfunction passes. A partial left or right donor lobe is used, acting as a temporary support while all or part of the native liver remains in situ. Then the graft can either be surgically removed or chronically disposed of in order to relieve the patient of chronic immunosuppressive therapy. Even if the inherited liver is not regenerated, the adjuvant graft may function as a normal liver. The primary goal is to restore the liver function as soon as possible in order to avoid the development of cerebral edema and irreversible brain damage.