|
Number of patients
|
56
|
200
| |
|
Liver transplantation technique
| |
|
Piggyback technique
|
2 (4 %)
|
6 (3 %)
|
0.5 (ns)
|
|
Retrohepatic caval resection
|
54 (96 %)
|
194 (97 %)
|
0.5 (ns)
|
|
Bile duct anastomosis
|
|
End-to-end
|
24 (43 %)
|
97 (49 %)
|
0.6 (ns)
|
|
Side-to-side
|
32 (57 %)
|
103 (51 %)
|
0.5 (ns)
|
|
T tube insertion (yes:no)
|
8:48
|
16:184
|
0.1 (ns)
|
|
Drain removal (postoperative day)
|
6 (4–13)
|
5 (5–11)
|
0.7 (ns)
|
|
Immunosuppression
| | |
|
Tacrolimus and MMF
|
38 (68 %)
|
140 (70 %)
|
0.8 (ns)
|
|
Cyclosporin and MMF
|
11 (20 %)
|
52 (26 %)
|
0.8 (ns)
|
|
Simulect
|
53 (95 %)
|
185 (92 %)
|
0.9 (ns)
|
|
Cold ischemia time (min)
|
512 (212–954)
|
528 (229–1098)
|
0.7 (ns)
|
|
Operative time (min)
|
362 (238–712)
|
358 (360–643)
|
0.9 (ns)
|
|
Intraoperative blood transfusion (units)
|
4 (0–31)
|
3.5 (0–23)
|
0.3 (ns)
|
|
Intraoperative platelet transfusion (units)
|
2 (0–6)
|
2.5 (0–7)
|
0.4 (ns)
|
|
Intraoperative plasma transfusion (units)
|
6 (2–29)
|
7 (1–31)
|
0.6 (ns)
|
