Large-for-size syndrome prophylaxis in infant liver recipients with low body mass

Table 1 Formulas for calculating standard liver volume

Ref.	Formula	Used material (n)
DeLand et al[22], 1968	LV = 1020 × BSA -220	Autopsy (550)
Urata et al[19], 1995	LV = 706.2 × BSA +2.4	CT (96)
Noda et al[21], 1997	LV= 50.12 × BW 0.78	CT (54)
Heinemann et al[27], 1999	LV = 1072.8 × BSA - 345.7	Autopsy (1332)
Vauthey et al [26], 2002	LV = 18.51 × BW + 191.8	CT (292)
Yoshizumi et al[20], 2003	LV = 772 × BSA	Deceased donor grafts (1413)
Herden et al [23], 2013	Formula 1: For children from 0 month up to 1 year old: LV = -143.062973 + 4.274603051 × BH (cm) + 14.78817631 × BW (kg)	Autopsy (246)
	Formula 2: For children from year up to 16 years old: LV = -20.2472281 + 3.339056437: For BH (cm) + 13.11312561× BW (kg)	Autopsy (142)
Yang et al[24], 2018	LV = 331−4.1 × age + 41.6 × gender + 15.3 × BW; Gender: Male = 1, female = 0	CT (790)
Yang et al[25], 2021	BW ≤ 20 kg: LV = 707.12 × BSA 1.09; BW > 20 kg, males: LV = 691.90 × BSA 1.06; females: LV = 663.19 × BSA 1.04	CT (792)

LV: Liver Volume; BSA: Body Surface Area; BW: Body Weight; BH: Body High; CT: Computed tomography.