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21 July 2020 : Original article  

Efficacy and Safety of Weight Reduction of the Donor in Hepatic Steatosis for Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Jae Hun Chung1ACDEF, Je Ho Ryu123A*, Kwang Ho Yang12A, Byung Hyun Choi12CD, Youngmok Park45AB, Tae Beom Lee12BF, Jae Ryong Shim12C, Hyo Jung Ko12F, Sung Hwan Cho16DE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.923211

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e923211

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of conventional group and reduction group.

Conventional group (n=102)Weight reduction group (n=7)p-Value
SexM=76/F=26M=70.126
Age27.99±9.3132.14±7.310.251
BW (kg)65.77±11.2785.4±8.250.052
BMI (BMI, kg/m)23.13±3.2728.89±2.300.025
Steatsosis (%)6.19±5.6840.71±14.56<0.001
Relation
 Related9550.466
 Non-related72
SexM=78/F=24M=4/F=30.252
Age51.39±9.9453.86±5.150.142
CTP1.66±0.841.71±0.950.862
MELD12.71±7.568.43±4.470.518
 Etiology
 HCC6960.989
 Alcoholic LC10
 Viral LC (B or C)161
 Others7
BW – body weight; BMI – body mass index; MELD – Model For End-Stage Liver Disease. CTP – Child-Turcotte-Pugh; HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma; LC – liver cirrhosis.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358