Table 3.
Grade 3 and above complications and individual outcome measures in early (April 2012–Decemeber 2018) and late donation era (January 2019–July 2021)
| Variable | Early donation era (n = 755) | Later era (n = 267) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biliary complications (n = 20) | 16 (2.1) | 4 (1.5) | 0.61 |
| Abdominal collections (n = 69) | 58 (7.7) | 11 (4.1) | 0.046 |
| Pleural effusions (n = 44) | 34 (4.5) | 10 (3.7) | 0.6 |
| Wound infections (n = 9) | 8 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 0.035 |
| Pneumonia (n = 9) | 9 (1.2) | 0 | 0.12 |
| Hospital stay > 10 days (n = 122) | 99 (13.1) | 23 (8.6) | 0.05 |
| ICU stay > 2 days (n = 118) | 106 (14) | 12 (4.5) | < 0.001 |
| Readmission (n = 18) | 9 (1.2) | 9 (3.4) | 0.02 |
| Blood transfusion (n = 31) | 26 (3.4) | 5 (1.9) | 0.1 |
| Liver failure (n = 8) | 7 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | 0.6 |