title: Rate of liver volume increase: can it predict recipient prognosis after left lobe transplantation from living related donors?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine whether liver volume increase can predict recipient outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Size-matched left lobe transplantation was performed for 16 patients. Computed tomography was performed in Week 1 after transplantation. Rate of liver volume increase was compared between survivors and deceased subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean rate of liver volume increase was significantly higher for survivors than for fatalities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rate of liver volume increase might be useful for predicting outcome of living donor liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1193, Japan. nmuraoka@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: Hidemasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Hirohiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Toyohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsunami
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed