It was an interesting case, and I ended up scouring the literature to find some pertinent experimental data on liver lobe torsions in rabbits to present during rounds the next day. (vetstudentstories.merckmanuals.com)
To repair a sectioned liver lobe, the researchers also used nanoparticles: they glued a film coated with nanoparticles onto the wound, and stopped the bleeding. (sciencedaily.com)
«Since the first adult - to - adult transplantation of a right liver lobe reported in 1994, the number of living - donor liver transplants has increased dramatically with good results,» Jhaveri said, «similar to those of cadaver liver transplantation. (sciencedaily.com)