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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;119(5):594–603. doi: 10.1002/jso.25430

Table 1.

Minimal requirement of future liver remnant volume

Region Minimal requirement Total liver volume

Normal liver
 Vauthey et al. 7 USA 25% Formula-based liver volume*
 Shoup et al. 21 USA 25% CT-based non-tumor liver volume
 Shindle et al. 22 Europe 26.6% CT-based non-tumor liver volume
 Kishi et al. 23 USA 20% Formula-based liver volume

Injured liver (chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis and chemotherapy)
 Kubota et al. 8 Asia 40% or 50% CT-based non-tumor liver volume
 Shirabe et al. 24 Asia 250mL/m2§ NA
 Azoulay et al.17 Europe 40% CT-based non-tumor liver volume
 Shindoh et al. 25 USA 30% Formula-based liver volume

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; NA, not applicable.

*

(Standardized liver volume) = 706.2×(body surface area) + 2.4 by Urata K, et al. 93

(Standardized liver volume) = −794 + 1267.28×(body surface area) by Vauthey JN, et al.94

Based on indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes.

§

Categorized as injured liver based on cohort of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Fibrosis or cirrhosis

Chemotherapy > 3 months