TABLE 2. Data on liver transplantation recipients with upper median incision.

n=18*	Receiver liver weight	Blood loss
Gender M/F: 11/7	> 1000 g-8	>450 ml-12
IMC (kg/m²)	<1000 g-12	<450 ml-8
>25-12
<25-6		Extubation
MELD		SO-8
>20-12	Donor liver weight	<48 h-8
<20-6	<1000 g-8	>48 h-4
Ascites	> 1000 g-12
>10l-14		UTI Time
<10l-4		>48 h-8
Etiology**	Surgical time	<48 h-12
VHC- 4	<5 h-14
Alcohol-7	> 5 h-6	Hospital time
Criptogenic-3		<10 days -15
Autoimmune-1		>10 days-5
Budd-Chiar -2
HCC-3

BMI=body mass index; HCV=hepatitis C virus; HCC=hepatocellular carcinoma; SO=operating room; *eighteen patients underwent 20 procedures: two evolved to retransplantation;** some patients had more than one diagnosis