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Table 3 Left lateral section graft reduction techniques, performed in various transplant centers

Ref.	Number of patients	Recipient age, month, median	Recipient weight (kg), median (range)	Donor type	Graft type
Strong et al[67], 1982	1	5	4.7	DDLT	Mono-segment III
Mentha et al[41], 1986	1	11	6.9	DDLT	Mono-segment III
Srinivasan et al[68], 1999	6	7	3.45 (2.45–5.46)	DDLT	Reduced LLS graft (segment III reduction)
Noujaim et al[69], 2002	2	N/A	2.6	DDLT	Mono-segment III
Kasahara et al[70], 2003	14	7	5.95 (3.5–7.4)	LDLT	Hyper-reduced LLS graft (segment III, n = 13, Segment II, n = 1)
Attia et al[44], 2008	4	2.8	4.9 (2.9–7.8)	DDLT	Hyper-reduced LLS graft (segment III reduction)
Grabhorn et al[73], 2008	10	0.5	3.25 (2–4)	DDLT	Reduced LLS graft (n = 5); hyper-reduced LLS graft (n = 4)
Enne et al[32], 2004	12	12	6.2 (4.6–9.0)	LDLT	Mono-segment III
Thomas et al [71], 2010	9	10	7.5	DDLT (n = 9); LDLT (n = 1)	Hyper-reduced LLS graft
Shehata et al[46], 2012	44	7	5.45 (2.8–8.0)	LDLT	Mono-segment III (n = 26); reduced mono-segment III (n = 18)
Kanazawa et al[39], 2013	31	7	5.8 (2.8–8.5)	LDLT	Hyper-reduced LLS graft
Sakamoto et al[17], 2014	5	5	6.2 (4.0–9.4)	LDLT	Mono-segment II
Sanada et al[72], 2017	13	5	3.3 (2.6–7.1)	LDLT	Mono-segment II (n = 12); Mono-segment III (n = 1)
Raices et al[76], 2019	59	14	8.0 (7.0–8.9)	LDLT	Hyper-reduced LLS graft
Kitajima et al[74], 2018	89	7.3	5.9 (2.4–9.4)	LDLT	Hyper-reduced LLS graft (n = 47), Mono-segment II (n = 42)
Hirata et al[75], 2009	25	10	7.1 (6.4–8.0)	LDLT	Reduced LLS graft (Medial reduction)
Gautier et al [64], 2015	6	6	5.3 (3.5-6.0)	DDLT (n = 2); LDLT (n = 4)	Reduced LLS graft (n = 5), Hyper-reduced LLS graft (n = 1)
Balci et al[49], 2021	4	7.5	5.9 (4.6-7.8)	LDLT	Reduced LLS graft (n = 2), Reduced segment III graft (n = 2)
Park et al[50], 2022	6	4	5.3 (4.4-5.7)	LDLT (n = 5) DDLT (n = 1)	Reduced LLS graft (n = 3), Hyper-Reduced LLS graft (n = 3)

LLS: Left lateral section; DDLT: Deceased donor liver transplantation; LDLT: Living donor liver transplantation.