How to evaluate donors' liver volume: a review of researches

Abstract

Abstract: Liver transplantation (LT) is the best treatment for patients with end-stage liver diseases, but the shortage of organs limits the development of LT. At present, the liver donation in China mainly includes organ donation after citizen's death and living donors. The whole or partial grafts could be transplanted into recipients in condition of different donations. Partial LT includes living donor liver transplantation, split liver transplantation and reduced-sized liver transplantation et al. Accurate assessment of liver volume (LV) is the important risk factor of LT. Rough LV evaluation through the formula based on donor's basic parameters and accurate LV evaluation by digital measurement are the two major methods to estimate the LV of donors, which are of great importance to the safety of patients. In this review, we will represent the different ways to evaluate the LV, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

Key words: Liver transplantation, Liver volume, Liver volume formula, Digital measurement

Lin Xin, Xiao Min, Li Qiyong. How to evaluate donors' liver volume: a review of researches[J]. Electronic Journal of Liver Tumor, 2021, 8(3): 41-45.

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