Table 2.
Clinical data of four recipients with ischemic-type biliary lesion after ABO-incompatible adult living donor liver transplantation
Case No. | No. of pre-LT PE | Post-LT isoagglutinin peak titer (IgM/IgG) | No. of post-LT PE | Post-LT infection | Post-LT Liver Bx day | Pathology of liver Bx | LOS after LT (d) | ITBL free time (d) | Tx for ITBL | Tx period for ITBL (mo) | Outcome of ITBL tx | Patient's survival | Patient's survival time (mo) |
2 | 1 | 1:4/1:8 | 0 | No | 27 | ACR | 35 | 90 | PTBD | 12 | Graft failure | Dead | 14 |
12 | 5 | 1:256/1:512 | 4 | No | 22 | NSI | 28 | 45 | PTBD | 5 | Graft dysfunction, PVT | Alive | 33 |
14 | 4 | 1:16/1:128 | 4 | No | 27 | AMR | 51 | 60 | PTBD | 11 | Normal graft function | Alive | 31 |
19 | 0 | 1:32/1:32 | 0 | No | 25 | NSI | 43 | 112 | PTBD | 20 | Graft dysfunction | Alive | 23 |
ITBL: Ischemic-type biliary lesion; ABO-I ALDLT: ABO-incompatible adult living donor liver transplantation; LT: Liver transplantation; PE: Plasma exchange; Bx: Biopsy; LOS: Length of hospital stay; Tx: Treatment; ACR: Acute cellular rejection; NSI: Non-specific inflammation; AMR: Antibody-mediated rejection; PTBD: Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage; PVT: Portal vein thrombosis.