Northwestern Medicine Makes Liver Transplants More Accessible

19/03/2025 15 min
Northwestern Medicine Makes Liver Transplants More Accessible

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Episode Synopsis

Colorectal cancer can spread to the liver, and once it does, patients are often at the bottom of the list to receive a liver transplant. But Northwestern Medicine is now offering a new transplant option for select patients that involves splitting a deceased donor liver in two parts.
Reset hears from the first patient to undergo this treatment, Barclay Missen, and one of the surgeons Dr. Zachary Dietch.

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