How living donor liver transplant works
UChicago Medicine transplant surgeon John LaMattina, MD, explains adult living donor liver transplantation.
People with obesity and type 2 diabetes should be screened for fatty liver disease
Two University of Chicago Medicine physicians are part of a national group making new recommendations on screening for fatty liver disease.
UChicago Medicine is one of the first hospitals in Illinois to offer MARS therapy for patients with acute liver failure
Liver dialysis treatment 'buys time' until the liver improves or the patient is able to get a liver transplant. Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) therapy is a liver dialysis system that removes waste and toxins from the blood when the liver can no longer do its job.