Comprehensive and innovative techniques for liver transplantation in rats: A surgical guide

Table 1 The important factors for successful OLT

	Metric variable (failure vs success)	P value
Univariate analysis
Body weight (g)	231.6 ± 21.5 vs 224.7 ± 13.0	0.0528
The difference of age between donor and recipient (d)	2.4 ± 3.4 vs 1.9 ± 3.3	0.3704
Abstinence before surgery (yes vs no)	-	0.5678
Anesthesia (isoflurane vs diethylether)	-	0.2861
Operative time (min)	89.8 ± 25.7 vs 59.1 ± 4.7	< 0.0001a
Blood loss (g)	8.8 ± 2.7 vs 7.6 ± 3.4	0.0466a
CIT (min)	116.3 ± 60.8 vs 111.0 ± 42.9	0.6743
Organ preservation solution (Ringer’s solution vs others)	-	0.3474
WIT (min)	30.7 ± 13.7 vs 12.9 ± 1.7	< 0.0001a
Anhepatic phase (min)	41.2 ± 14.3 vs 17.2 ± 2.5	< 0.0001a
Unstable systemic hemodynamic state (min)	54.3 ± 15.5 vs 25.7 ± 4.8	< 0.0001a
HA reconstruction (with vs without)	-	0.2861
Body temperature immediately after surgery (°C)	34.1 ± 1.6 vs 36.4 ± 0.3	< 0.0001a
Multivariate analysis
Operative time (min)		0.6534
Blood loss (g)		0.9788
WIT (min)		0.1006
Anhepatic phase (min)		0.0137a
Unstable systemic hemodynamic state (min)		0.9185
Body temperature immediately after surgery (°C)		0.2984

^aP < 0.05. OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; CIT: Cold ischemic time; WIT: Warm ischemic time.