Table 2. Comparison of operative characteristics and postoperative complications of primary and salvage liver transplantation (LT).

	Types of LT			Types of donor in salvage LT
	Primary LT	Salvage LT	P	Deceased donor	Living donor	P
	(n = 180)	(n = 39)	Value	(n = 30)	(n = 9)	Value
Operation time (hour)	9.3±2.0	10.0±1.8	0.06	9.9±1.7	10.6±1.8	0.29
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	1454±1275	2500±2088	0.00	2270±1544	3267±3346	0.21
Packed RBC transfusion (units)†	5.9±6.1	9.6±9.0	0.007	8.2±6.3	14.2±14.6	0.08
FFP transfusion (units)†	5.2±4.0	5.4±4.1	0.74	4.8±3.7	7.4±5.2	0.11
ICU stay (d), median (range)	10 (3–24)	10 (5–39)	0.32	9 (5–39)	11(6–24)	0.44
Hospital stay (d), median (range)	37 (10–87)	35 (13–86)	0.49	35 (13–82)	36 (14–86)	0.21
Perioperative mortality	8 (4.4%)	2 (5.1%)	1.00	1	1	0.41
Bleeding complication‡	9 (5.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0.81	0	1	0.23
Vascular complication‡	10 (5.6%)	3 (7.7%)	0.89	2	1	0.55
Biliary complication‡	5 (2.8%)	3 (7.7%)	0.31	1	2	0.13
Sepsis	32 (17.8%)	8 (20.5%)	0.69	6	2	1.00
Primary graft dysfunction	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1.00	0	0	NA
Acute rejection	12	1	0.54	1	0	1.00

^†Including autotransfusions.

^‡Requiring radiologic intervention or reoperation.

RBC, red blood cell; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable.