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In 1845 George Budd, a British internist, described a patient with hepatic venous thrombosis who developed abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, and ascites. William Osler reported the first case of a membranous web causing vena caval and hepatic vein obstruction in 1879.…
Fifty years have passed since the first liver transplantation was performed by Thomas E. Starzl. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has become the recommended treatment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cirrhosis, as well as for other selected tumors. This…