Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and their donors.
| Donor age (years) (Mean ± SD) | 27.3 ± 6.4 |
| Recipient age (years) (Mean ± SD) | 40.9 ± 16.3 |
| Recipient age> 18 years | 27 (12.7%) |
| Donor gender | |
| Males | 139 (65.3%) |
| Females | 74 (34.7%) |
| Recipient gender | |
| Males | 183 (85.9%) |
| Females | 30 (14.1%) |
| BMI of donor (Mean ± SD) | 25.3 ± 3.4 |
| Child class | |
| A | 19 (8.9%) |
| B | 67 (31.5%) |
| C | 127 (59.6%) |
| MELD score (<12years) (Mean ± SD) | 16 ± 4.2 |
| PELD score (>12years) (Mean ± SD) | 15.2 ± 6.4 |
| Co morbidity | 66 (31%) |
| Portal HTN | 195 (91.6%) |
| Bl. Group | |
| Compatible | 67 (31.5%) |
| Identical | 146 (68.5%) |
| Preoperative PVT | 27 (12.7%) |
| Graft type | |
| Right lobe | 178 (83.6%) |
| Left lobe | 9 (4.2%) |
| Left lateral | 25 (11.7%) |
| Monosegment | 1 (0.5%) |
| HV anastomosis | |
| Single | 153 (71.8%) |
| Multiple | 60 (28.2%) |
| PV anastomosis | |
| Single | 197 (92.5%) |
| Multiple | 16 (7.5%) |
| HA anastomosis | |
| Single | 204 (95.8%) |
| Multiple | 9 (4.2%) |
| Multiple vascular anastomoses | 76 (35.7%) |
| Actual graft weight (Mean ± SD) | 759.8 ± 239.04 |
| Actual GRWR (Mean ± SD) | 1.2 ± 0.57 |
| Actual GRWR > 0.8 | 20 (9.4%) |
| SFSS | 20 (9.4%) |
| Cold ischemia time (min) (Mean ± SD) | 69.9 ± 46.4 |
| Warm ischemia time (min) (Mean ± SD) | 49.9 ± 15.6 |
| Intraoperative blood transfusion (units) | 6.03 ± 7 |
| Intraoperative plasma transfusion (units) | 7 ± 8.3 |
| Duration of operation (hours) (Mean ± SD) | 12.5 ± 3.1 |
| Hospital stay (postoperative) (days) (Mean ± SD) | 23.8 ± 16.6 |
| Immunosuppression regimen | |
| Regimen including FK | 176 (82.6%) |
| Regimen including cyclosporine | 63 (29.6%) |
| Regimen including sirolomus | 45 (21.1%) |
| Post operative acute rejection | 44 (20.7%) |
BMI: Body mass index, MELD: Model for end stage liver disease, PELD: Pediatric end stage liver disease, Portal HTN: Portal hypertension, PVT: Portal vein thrombosis, GRWR: Graft recipient weight ratio,SFSS: Small for size syndrome.