Liver Transplantation

The USC Liver Transplant Surgery Program and Center for Liver Disease specializes in the following transplant procedures:

Live Donor Liver Transplant

Replacement of a diseased liver with a segment of liver from a healthy human donor (usually a relative or close friend).

Liver Transplantation

Replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver from a deceased donor.

Center physicians/surgeons are also expert at the following hepatobiliary and pancreatic procedures:

Liver Surgery

Liver resection from tumors, removal of stones within the substance of the liver, repair of bile duct injuries within the liver, biopsy of liver from tumors within the liver.

Pancreatic Surgery

Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), pylorus preserving Whipple procedure, pancreatic head resection (Beger's operation), lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (Puestow procedure), internal pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, pancreatic debridement and drainage for pancreatic necrosis, autotransplantation of pancreatic islets.

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Surgery

Laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy, gallbladder and biliary surgery in pregnant females, surgical repair for bile ducts that have been injured during laparoscopic gallbladder removal, surgical removal of gallbladder and biliary cancers.

Portal Hypertension Surgery

Thrombosis or obstruction of the mesenteric venous system, splenic vein, portal vein, or of the hepatic veins (Budd-Chiari syndrome).

All of the hospital’s transplant programs are members of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), which is the central agency in the United States that is responsible for equitable allocation of organs. These affiliations provide patients with the best opportunities to receive new organs.

Bloodless Surgery

Surgical treatment without the use of banked (stored) allogeneic (from a donor other than the patient) blood or primary blood components. Blood loss often occurs during surgery. A bloodless program tries to minimize blood loss by utilizing special blood conservation methods.

USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Disease