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. 2022 Apr 7;8(5):e1315. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001315

TABLE 3.

Postoperative outcomes of liver transplant recipients according to donor age

Pediatric donor ≤12 (n = 12) Adult donor (n = 24) P
LOS (d) 5 (4–8.5) 6.5 (5–9) 0.19
Posttransplant ICU stay (d) 1.7 (1.2–3.2) 1 (1–2) 0.3
Readmission within 30 d 2 (16.7) 3 (12.5) 0.73
Complications within 30 d 5 (41.7) 7 (29.2) 0.45
>3b complications within 30 d 4 (33.3) 3 (12.5) 0.13
Complications within first year 6 (50) 9 (37.5) 0.47
Reoperation 4 (33.3) 2 (8.3) 0.058
Vascular complications within 30 d 2 (16.7) 2 (8.3) 0.45
HA stenosis 2 (16.7) 0 0.04
HA thrombosis 2 (16.7) 1 (4.2) 0.25
PV stenosis 0 0
PV thrombosis 0 0
Biliary complications within 30 d 1 (8.3) 2 (8.3) >0.9
Biliary complications within first year 3 (25) 4 (16.7) 0.66
BD stricture 3 (25) 4 (16.7) 0.66
BD leak 0 1 (4.2) 0.47
PNF 0 0
New dialysis requirement 0 2 (8.3) 0.54
Retransplant (%) 0 0
Rejection within 1 y 0 6 (25) 0.058
Recipient death 0 1 (4.2) 0.47
1 y mortality (%) 0 1 (4.2) 0.47
1-/3-/5-y graft survival (%) 100/100/100 96/96/96 0.48
1-/3-/5-y patient survival (%) 100/100/100 96/96/96 0.48

Median (interquartile range).

BD, bile duct; LOS, length of stay; ICU, intensive care unit; HA, hepatic artery; PV, portal vein; PNF, primary nonfunction.