Table 2.
Main Cause of Graft Loss | T-Warm Negative |
T-Warm Positive |
T-Warm Not Tested |
---|---|---|---|
Operative death | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Surgical technical complication | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Unsatisfactory graft | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Rejection | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Infection | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Others | 3* | 0 | 2† |
Total number of grafts lost | 42 | 11 | 15 |
Total number of liver grafts | 88 | 22 | 24 |
One graft loss resulting from hypoxia was caused by pulmonary arteriovenous shunt of the recipient, another from recurrent cancer, and the third from absence of adequate portal vein in the recipient.
One graft loss resulting from death was caused by necrotizing pancreatitis and another resulted from hypoxia caused by low blood pressure before and during liver transplantation.