Successful transplantation of small-for-size grafts: A reappraisal
β Scribed by Roberto I. Troisi; Mauricio Sainz-Barriga
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 718 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.23372
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Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (AA-LDLT) is an established treatment option for selected patients with end-stage liver disease. However, its widespread application is limited by the liver volume that can be safely resected from a living donor because a sufficient volume is also re
weight; GWBW, graft weight as a percentage of total body weight; ELV, expected liver volume.
In general, for a liver transplantation to be successful, the graft size should cover 30%-40% of the expected liver volume or 0.8%-1.0% of the body weight of the recipient. 1,2 However, small-for-size-graft syndrome depends not only on the graft size but also on the recipient's preoperative conditio
The problem of graft size is one of the critical factors limiting the expansion of adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We compared the outcome of LDLT recipients who received grafts with a graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) < 0.8% or a GRWR 0.8%, and we analyzed the risk fa