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. 2013 Apr 16;8(4):e61620. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061620

Table 2. Postoperative complications in patients with viral hepatitis-associated HCC who underwent liver transplantation.

Postoperative Complications, no. (%) HBV-associated HCC (N = 7,162) HCV-associated HCC (N = 496) P-value
Postoperative infections<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$> 1848 (25.80) 146 (29.44) 0.081
Biliary complications§ 845 (11.80) 55 (11.09) 0.718
Renal failure 212 (2.96) 25 (5.04) 0.015
Graft dysfunction* 147 (2.05) 20 (4.03) 0.006
Vascular complications 246 (3.43) 17 (3.43) 1

<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$>Postoperative infections include pulmonary infection, catheter-related sepsis, urinary tract infection, wound infection and opportunistic infections.

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Biliary complications include anastomotic biliary strictures, intrahepatic biliary strictures and bile leakage.

Renal failure includes chronic renal failure, acute renal failure and uremia (excluding renal failure accompanied by hypertension and neonatal uremia).

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Graft dysfunction includes primary graft non-function and/or delayed graft function.

Vascular complications include hepatic artery embolism, portal vein embolism, portal vein stenosis/pylethrombosis, hepatic vein/inferior vena cava stenosis/embolism.

Abbreviation: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.