Which is better to use "body weight" or "standard liver weight", for predicting small-for-size graft syndrome after living donor liver transplantation?
Takeo ToshimaTomoharu YoshizumiTomonari ShimagakiHuanlin WangTakeshi KuriharaYoshihiro NagaoShinji ItohNoboru HaradaMasaki MoriPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2020)
Proper use of the formulas for calculating GRWR and GW/SLW in choosing graft according to recipient BMI is important, not only to meet metabolic demand for avoiding SFSS but also to ameliorate donor shortages.