title: Standard liver volume in the Caucasian population.
abstract: Living donor and split-liver transplantation techniques require the calculation of a standard liver volume (SLV) as a reference point for the minimal volume necessary for the recipient. We therefore examined whether a widely used formula developed on the basis of a Japanese population sample was also adequate for the Caucasian population. The documentation of volumes of 1332 autopsy livers from a German Forensic Medicine Department was used to create a formula for an SLV for the Caucasian population. The Japanese formula estimated the Caucasian liver volume to be on average 322.6 +/- 335. 8 g (SD) less than they actually were. The following new formula for the calculation of SLV for Caucasians was established by linear regression analysis: Liver volume (mL) = 1072.8 * body surface area(m2)-345.7.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wischhusen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rogiers
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001830:Body Surface Area; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors; D044465:White People