09 October 2020 : Original article
Importance of Intraoperative Transfusions of Packed Red Blood Cells and Fresh Frozen Plasma in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Cancer
Łukasz Masior12ABDEF*, Michał Grąt1BCD, Karolina Grąt3B, Maciej Krasnodębski1BF, Karolina M. Wronka4B, Jan Stypułkowski1B, Waldemar Patkowski1B, Mariusz Frączek2B, Marek Krawczyk1BD, Krzysztof Zieniewicz1BDDOI: 10.12659/AOT.923665
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e923665
Table 2 Comparision of patients within and beyond Milan criteria.
| Median (range) or n (%) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Within criteria | Beyond criteria | ||
| Recipient age (years) | 57 (20–71) | 57 (33–69) | 0.873 |
| Recipient sex (Male) | 94 (69.6%) | 71 (75.5%) | 0.371 |
| Plasma transfusion (units) | 6 (0–36) | 7 (0–50) | 0.143 |
| Blood transfusion (units) | 3 (0–38) | 4 (0–48) | 0.379 |
| HCV | 95 (70.4%) | 67 (71.3%) | 1.000 |
| HBV | 58 (43.0%) | 37 (39.4%) | 0.683 |
| MELD | 11 (6–39) | 11 (6–40) | 0.767 |
| Donor age (years) | 50 (15–68) | 50.5 (18–70) | 0.525 |
| Total ischemic time (minutes) | 540 (240–780) | 570 (278–910) | 0.718 |
| Neoadjuvant treatment | 52 (38.5%) | 48 (51.1%) | 0.078 |
| Previous resection | 7 (5.2%) | 6 (6.4%) | 0.775 |
| Pre-transplant AFP (ng/ml) | 13.4 (1.5–4984.0) | 34.7 (0.7–43337.0) | |
| Number of tumors | 1 (1–3) | 3 (1–10) | |
| Size of the largest tumor (mm) | 25 (3–50) | 45 (10–140) | |
| TTV (cm) | 8.2 (0.02–65.5) | 74.0 (0.9–5277.9) | |
| Microvascular invasion | 22 (16.4%) | 43 (47.8%) | |
| Grading (G3) | 9 (6.7%) | 15 (16.0%) | |
| Data are presented as median (range) or n (%). | |||