Feasibility of using marginal liver grafts in living donor liver transplantation

Table 3 Remedies when using small-for-size graft

Ref.	n	Remedy for using small-for-size graft	Study type
Botha et al[23] (2010)	21	Hemi-portocaval shunt can decrease SFSS incidence	RS
Goralczyk et al[24] (2011)	22	Posterior cavoplasty can decrease SFSS incidence	RS
Kim et al[47] (2017)	160	Preserving collateral veins on small-for-size grafts	RS + PSM
Hessheimer et al[48] (2011)	NS	Portocaval shunt	AE
Xiao et al[49] (2012)	1	Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt	CR
Sato et al[50] (2008)	4	Portocaval shunt using ligamentum teres	CR
Nutu et al[51] (2018)	2	Complete splenic embolization	CR
Badawy et al[52] (2017)	164	Splenectomy	RS
Troisi et al[53] (2016)	NS	Splenic artery ligation, splenectomy, meso-caval shunt, spleno-renal shunt, portocaval shunt, and splenic artery embolization	SR
Xu et al[54] (2015)	NS	Dual grafts	RE
Gao et al[55] (2017)	NS	Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells tranplantation	AE
Kobayashi et al[56] (2009)	5	Auxiliary partial liver transplantation	CR

PSM: Propensity score matching; AE: Animal experiments; CR: Case report; SR: Systematic review; RE: Review; SFSS: Small-for-size syndrome.