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Standard liver volume in the caucasian population
Author(s) -
Heinemann Axel,
Wischhusen Friedel,
Püschel Klaus,
Rogiers Xavier
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
liver transplantation and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1074-3022
DOI - 10.1002/lt.500050516
Subject(s) - volume (thermodynamics) , population , liver transplantation , medicine , nuclear medicine , demography , surgery , transplantation , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , sociology
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 ( m 2 ) − 345.7