Historically
Urata et al. first described a formula, based on donor biometrics,
to predict total liver volumes. Many centres
have shown that such formulae have different accuracy based on the population
studied. To date, no such study has been carried out in a South East Asian
population.
Our primary aim
was to study the accuracy of seven internationally recognized formula.
Secondarily we aimed to derive a formula for caluculating the weight of a liver
graft using CT derived volume.
A prospectively
held database of adult living donor liver transplants between July 1996 and
January 2015 was interrogated. Only entries with complete data were included.
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