Risk factors and prevention of biliary anastomotic complications in adult living donor liver transplantation

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2007; 13(31): 4236-4241
Published online Aug 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i31.4236

Table 2 Preoperative risk factor for biliary anastomotic complications in adult living donor liver transplantation

	Biliary anastomotic complications
	Absent (n = 20)	Present (n = 13)	P value
Age (yr)	50.4 ± 12.8	46.2 ± 16.4	NS
Gender			NS
Male	10	7
Female	10	6
CTP	10.4 ± 3.2	10.0 ± 3.2	NS
MELD	18.5 ± 8.0	16.8 ± 7.4	NS
ABO matching			NS
Identical	15		10
Compatible	2		3
Incompatible	3		0
NAC			0.05
Yes	2	5
No	18	2
Donor age (yr)	38.4 ± 11.6	33.8 ± 13.5	NS

CTP: Child-Turcotte-Pugh; MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; NAC: neoadyuvant chemotherapy; NS: not significant.

Citation: Yamamoto S, Sato Y, Oya H, Nakatsuka H, Kobayashi T, Hara Y, Watanabe T, Kurosaki I, Hatakeyama K. Risk factors and prevention of biliary anastomotic complications in adult living donor liver transplantation. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(31): 4236-4241
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4236.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i31.4236