This episode explores liver transplantation as one of the most complex and time-sensitive procedures in surgery. Listeners are guided through indications, contraindications, organ allocation, and perioperative management.

The discussion highlights the balance between urgency and optimisation, living versus deceased donation, and the physiological challenges unique to liver failure. Ethical decision-making around prioritisation and futility is addressed with nuance.

This chapter frames liver transplantation as surgery under constraint — where survival depends on timing as much as technique.

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