Outcomes of liver transplantation for end-stage biliary disease: A comparative study with end-stage liver disease

Table 4 Causes of death after liver transplantation for patients in the end-stage biliary disease and end-stage liver disease groups

Cause of death	ESBD group		ESLD group
	n	Total deaths (%)	n	Total deaths (n)
Graft failure	3	7.0	4	4.7
Recurrent hepatitis	0	0.0	2	2.3
Biliary complication	2	4.7	2	2.3
Portal vein thrombosis	1	2.3	0	0.0
Multisystem organ failure	4	9.3	10	11.6
Cardiovascular	0	0.0	2	2.4
Myocardial infarction	0	0.0	1	1.2
Arrhythmia	0	0.0	1	1.2
Graft-vs-host disease	0	0.0	1	1.2
Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage	0	0.0	1	1.2
Central nervous system	1	2.3	2	2.3
Epilepsy	1	2.3	0	0.0
Intracranial haemorrhage	0	0.0	1	1.2
Brain infarction	0	0.0	1	1.2
Lung cancer	1	2.3	0	0.0
Total	9	20.9	20	23.3

Some percentages do not sum to the correct totals because they were rounded up or down. LT: Liver transplantation; ESBD: End-stage biliary disease; ESLD: End-stage liver disease.