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DavidPeiffer | 4 months ago

This is a very long and well written article. One fact I'd like to highlight is that the liver can regrow to the same size quite quickly if you choose to be a living liver donor.

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lifthrasiir|4 months ago

As a living liver donor myself, I think it is not exactly the same size, it is more like the functionally healthy state and the liver remains a bit smaller than the original size AFAIK.

elric|4 months ago

Do you experience any side effects from the donation?

rsync|4 months ago

This may be true, but you will now have a single lobe of your liver instead of the two lobes that most people have. Your ability to survive a liver injury will be diminished for that reason.

Further, unless things have changed I believe you will also lose your gallbladder as a result of donating a liver lobe.