Standard liver volume in adults
β Scribed by K Urata; Y Hashikura; T Ikegami; M Terada; S Kawasaki
- Book ID
- 117229655
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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Despite refinements in surgical techniques for liver transplantation, liver size disparity remains one of the most common problems in pediatric patients. Optimal liver graft size remains unknown and the volume of diseased liver in the recipient is not indicative of the volume (standard liver volume
We have previously reported that a graft volume (GV) ΟΎ 30% of the recipient's standard liver volume (SLV) can meet the recipient's metabolic demands. Here we report our experience with adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using left side grafts Ο½ 35% of the recipient's SLV. Of 143 adult