Pediatric liver transplantation for small recipients presents significant challenges, particularly in securing suitably sized donor organs. This case report illustrates the feasibility of performing an in situ split procurement in an 18.5-kg toddler, the smallest recorded case in the OPTN database to date, for a critically ill 8-week-old infant recipient.
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