Practical model to identify liver transplant recipients at low risk of postoperative haemorrhage, bile leakage and ascites.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify a subgroup of recipients at low risk of haemorrhage, bile leakage and ascites following liver transplantation (LT). Factors associated with significant postoperative ascites (more than 10 ml/kg on postoperative day 5), bile leakage and haemorrhage after LT were identified using three separate multivariable analyses in patients who had LT in 2010-2019. A model predicting the absence of all three outcomes was created and validated internally using bootstrap procedure. Overall, 944 recipients underwent LT. Rates of ascites, bile leakage and haemorrhage were 34.9, 7.7 and 6.0 per cent respectively. The 90-day mortality rate was 7.0 per cent. Partial liver graft (relative risk (RR) 1.31; P = 0.021), intraoperative ascites (more than 10 ml/kg suctioned after laparoto

SUBMITTER: Hobeika C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature