Conceptual changes in small-for-size graft and small-for-size syndrome in living donor liver transplantation

Early series in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in adults demonstrated a lower safe limit of graft volume standard liver volume ratio 25%-45%. A subsequent worldwide large LDLT series proposed a 0.8 graft recipient weight ratio (GRWR) to define small-for-size graft (SFSG) in adult LDLT. Th...

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Main Authors: Toru Ikegami, Jong Man Kim, Dong-Hwan Jung, Yuji Soejima, Dong-Sik Kim, Jae-Won Joh, Sung-Gyu Lee, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Transplantation 2019-12-01
Series:Korean Journal of Transplantation
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Online Access:http://journaleditor.inforang.com/journal/view.html?doi=10.4285/jkstn.2019.33.4.65