Artificial Extracorporeal Liver Support

Artificial extracorporeal liver support is term that is used to describe measures that are used to carry-out liver function and are outside of the body.

Devices that support liver function outside of the body are:

  • Liver dialysis
  • Bioartificial liver devices

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