Author Correction: A Donor Quality Index for liver transplantation: development, internal and external validation

Evaluation of the donor liver for living donor liver transplantation.

Key Points 1. Accurate assessment of the donor liver is an important component of the living donor liver evaluation and is critical to ensure a successful outcome for both donor and recipient. 2. Liver biochemistry tests, viral hepatitis serological tests, tests to exclude chronic liver disease, and volumetric computed tomographic or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the liver are performed ro...

Internal and External Controls for Reagent Validation

PCR applications that require a high confi dence in the result should be designed to control for the occurrence of false negatives. False negatives can occur from inhibition of one or more of the reaction components by a range of factors. While an external, or batch control is often used, the ideal control is one that is included in the reaction cocktail in a multiplex format. Early approaches ...

Validation of graft and standard liver size predictions in right liver living donor liver transplantation

PURPOSE To assess the accuracy of a formula derived from 159 living liver donors to estimate the liver size of a normal subject: standard liver weight (g) = 218 + body weight (kg) × 12.3 + 51 (if male). Standard liver volume (SLV) is attained by a conversion factor of 1.19 mL/g. METHODS The total liver volume (TLV) of each of the subsequent consecutive 126 living liver donors was determined u...

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living donor liver transplantation.