Days alive and out of hospital and graft survival after living donor liver transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) is a simple metric representing the number of days not in hospital within a defined postoperative period. In a case of mortality within the defined period, the DAOH is considered zero. DAOH has been validated in various surgical procedures, but not in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). This study aimed to demonstrate correlation between DAOH and graft failure after LDLT.

Methods

In this cohort study, we identified 1,335 adult-to-adult LDLT performed from June 1997 to April 2019 in our institution. We calculated DAOH at 30, 60, and 90 days among survivors and divided the recipients according to the estimated threshold of each defined period.

Results

The median duration of hospital stay after LDLT in the entire po

SUBMITTER: Oh AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10316110 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature