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  1. Right side liver donations make up 55 to 60 percent of living liver transplants at Columbia. bit.ly/mXuJ2n #donatelife
  2. Living Liver Donor FAQs from Dr. Benjamin Samstein of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation. bit.ly/mXuJ2n
  3. Living liver donation: suitability depends upon personal criteria in addition to medical requirements. on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  4. If I donate part of my liver for transplantation, how long will it take me to recover? on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  5. Living liver donors must be between age 20 and 60. on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  6. Who can donate a liver segment for living donor transplantation? on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  7. Left side living liver donation recovery time is usually 3 to 6 weeks. on.fb.me/rkY7g9
  8. Living Liver Donation - Do donors and recipients have to have the same blood type? on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  9. Eligibility testing for becoming a liver donor includes blood tests, EKGs, chest X-rays, stress tests and biopsies. bit.ly/mXuJ2n
  10. Liver living donation surgery is scheduled within 2 to 6 weeks after clearance. bit.ly/mXuJ2n #donatelife
  11. Right side living liver donation recovery time is usually 6 to 12 weeks. on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #donatelife
  12. Does a living liver donation involve a certain portion or side of the liver? on.fb.me/rkY7g9 #cancer
  13. Can you donate part of your liver to someone you don't know? bit.ly/mXuJ2n #donatelife
  14. RT @sharman_s: Children With Kidney Disease Face Many Health Woes: bit.ly/rtlQnJ
  15. HMP dynamically simulates aliveness to liver while diluting and removing toxins and waste products. http://bit.ly/kcTqyl #organtransplant
  16. Hyperthermic machine perfusion better than cold storage for liver transplants. http://on.fb.me/k5R249
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  18. Presentation on hyperthermic machine perfusion storage of livers at American Transplant Congress. http://bit.ly/kcTqyl #liver
  19. Hypothermic machine preservation (HMP) outperforms standard cold storage of donor livers. . http://bit.ly/kcTqyl
  20. RT @GiftofLifeMich: Michigan tries to increase number of organ donors (and it's working!) via The Detroit News: bit.ly/pwiPy1