Table 1.
2020 (n = 21) | 2019 (n = 21) | P-value | |
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Recipient characteristics | |||
Male | 16 (76%) | 15 (71%) | .99 |
Age, years | 56 [51–65] | 58 [56–62] | .72 |
Etiology of cirrhosis | .15 | ||
Viral | 4 (20%) | 11 (52%) | |
Alcoholic | 7 (35%) | 5 (24%) | |
AIH and cholestatic disorders | 5 (25%) | 1 (5%) | |
NASH | 2 (10%) | 1 (5%) | |
Others | 2 (10%) | 3 (14%) | |
Etiology of ALF | |||
Viral | 1 (5%) | 0 | |
HCC in cirrhotic patients | 9 (45%) | 8 (38%) | .75 |
Blood type | .63 | ||
A | 12 (57%) | 11 (52%) | |
B | 2 (10%) | 5 (24%) | |
AB | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | |
0 | 6 (29%) | 4 (19%) | |
Multiple organs transplant | 3 (14%) | 1 (5%) | .61 |
MELD at LT | 17 [12–22] | 13 [9–18] | .13 |
Donor characteristic | |||
Age, years | 58 [38–72] | 60 [51–63] | .45 |
Donor after cardiac death | 1 (5%) | 0 | .99 |
Suboptimal graft | 10 (48%) | 7 (33%) | .53 |
Regional donors | 18 (86%) | 16 (76%) | .69 |
Transplant operation | |||
Ex vivo machine perfusion | 4 (19%)a | 6 (29%) | .72 |
Cold Ischemia Time, minutes | 452 [346–473] | 431 [393–495] | .99 |
Post-transplant course | |||
EAD | 5 (24%) | 7 (33%) | .73 |
ICU-stay, days | 5 [4], [5], [6], [7] | 4 [3], [4], [5], [6] | .69 |
Hospital-stay, days | 11 [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17] | 13 [8–21] | .82 |
Discharge home | 20b (95%) | 21 (100%) | 1 |
Abbreviations: AIH, autoimmune hepatitis; EAD, early graft dysfunction, according to Olthoff; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ICU, intensive care unit; LT, liver transplantation; MELD, Model for the End-stage Liver Disease; NASH, non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis.
One out of four with normothermic machine perfusion.
One still hospitalized (combined lung-liver-pancreas transplant).