Rate of liver volume increase: can it predict recipient prognosis after left lobe transplantation from living related donors?
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.
Muraoka
Noriaki
N
Department of Radiology, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1193, Japan. nmuraoka@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
Uematsu
Hidemasa
H
Kimura
Hirohiko
H
Sakai
Toyohiko
T
Takeda
Taro
T
Kinoshita
Kazuyuki
K
Matsunami
Hidetoshi
H
Itoh
Harumi
H
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