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Rare Simultaneous Liver Transplants Save Two Children

In a first for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, two surgical teams have performed synchronous liver transplants on two pediatric patients, using portions of the same donated liver. The dual surgeries saved the lives of both children: a 2-year-old with metabolic liver disease and a 10-year-old with acute liver failure. The concurrent pediatric liver transplants had little precedent, having been performed only a few times in the United States.

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