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[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 106 points 4 months ago

A partial liver transplant wasn't viable for someone this sick, so when the partial transplant failed, they would have to resort to a full transplant from a dead donor, or she would die in operation.

Since she wasn't eligible, a partial transplant was just a death sentence.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

They said it was viable in the early stages, and with a decent success rate. Just not the success rate they wanted, and for some daft reasons you need to be eligible for a full transplant from a dead patient to get a partial transplant from a living donor. Makes no sense.

[-] Ava@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

Liver failure is terminal. She was invariably going to die without the transplant. She wanted to receive the donation, her donor wanted to donate. If the success rate for a living transplant is zero that's one thing, but that's not being claimed here since she wasn't eligible for procedural reasons.

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