Impact of Graft Weight Change During Perfusion on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Inadequate liver volume and weight is a major source of morbidity and mortality after adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The purpose of our study was to investigate HCC recurrence, graft failure, and patient survival according to change in right liver graft weight after histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution perfusion in LDLT.

Methods

Two hundred twenty-eight patients underwent LDLT between 2013 and 2017. We calculated the change in graft weight by subtracting pre-perfusion graft weight from post-perfusion graft weight. Patients with increased graft weight were defined as the positive group, and patients with decreased graft weight were defined as the negative group.

Results

After excluding patients who did not meet study criteria,

SUBMITTER: Kim JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7945034 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature