The process of organ procurement: Liver – the warm dissection
This is the second part of the posting series “The process of organ procurement”. Please start with the first part if you have not done so.
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The preparation in the OR includes placing of two electrosurgery (”Bovie”) pads and two suction lines.
I usually fixate both arms next to the body unless the anesthesia colleagues have a good reason for extending one or both of them. Shaving and decontamination of the skin I perform only in a line about 5-10 cm on both sides of the midline as I never make lateral incisions.