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Podcast: Butts & Guts: A Cleveland Clinic Digestive Health Podcast
Episode: Innovations in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Description: Typically, organs for transplantation are obtained from deceased donors. Unfortunately, there are not enough deceased donor organs available for everyone who needs a transplant and, as a result, the number of patients on the transplant waiting list continues to grow. Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD joins Butts & Guts to discuss living donor liver transplants and the benefits of this option.