Table 4.
Early graft function after orthotopic liver transplantation.
| Early graft function |
Number of recipient problems |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yesa | ||
| Good | 74 (67.9%) | 4 (33.3%) | 78 (64.5%) |
| Fair | 23 (21.1%) | 2 (16.7%) | 25 (20.7%) |
| Poor | 6 (8.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | 14 (11.6%) |
| GNFN | 3 (3.5%) | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (3.3%) |
| Total | 109 (100%) | 12 (100%) | 121 (100%) |
Consists of hepatic artery thrombosis in 7, portal vein thrombosis in 2, severe pancreatitis in 2, and prolonged warm ischemia in one patient
GNFN, Graft nonfunction.
P < 0.005 (χ2 = 12.81) when good/fair and poor/nonfunction were compared between recipients with and without problems