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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1984 Dec;16(6):1427–1429.

Table 2.

Main Causes of First Liver Graft Loss

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.