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. 1997;27(2):186-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02385914.

Assessing the eligibility for liver transplantation of patients with fulminant hepatitis

S Uetsuji  1 , H Komada, A H Kwon, Y Kamiyama, Y Uedono, T Tanaka
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Assessing the eligibility for liver transplantation of patients with fulminant hepatitis

S Uetsuji et al. Surg Today. 1997.

Abstract

The spleen to liver volume (S/L) ratio of 13 patients with fulminant hepatitis was determined using X-ray computed tomography (CT), and the correlation between S/L ratio and prognosis was evaluated. The S/L ratio of 6 patients who died was greater than 0.16, whereas that of the remaining 7 patients who survived was less than 0.15. These findings suggest that determining the S/L ratio using CT may be useful for assessing the eligibility of patients with fulminant hepatitis for liver transplantation.

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