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A Formula to Calculate Standard Liver Volume Using Thoracoabdominal Circumference

BACKGROUND: With the use of split liver grafts as well as living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) it is imperative to know the minimum graft volume to avoid complications. Most current formulas to predict standard liver volume (SLV) rely on weight-based measures that are likely inaccurate in the s...

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Autores principales: Shaw, Brian I., Burdine, Lyle J., Braun, Hillary J., Ascher, Nancy L., Roberts, John P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000745