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07 April 2023: Original Paper

Postoperative Outcomes in 415 Patients Following Liver Transplantation Using Extended Donor Criteria: A Study from a Single Center in Germany

Aladdin Ali Deeb ACE* , Utz Settmacher D , Johannes Fritsch BC , Felix Dondorf AD , Oliver Rohland F , Falk Rauchfuß DE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.939060

Ann Transplant 2023; 28:e939060

Table 1 Demographic results of all 415 included recipients.

Age (years)Median 58, (range 25 to 76)
SexMale 301 (72.5%), female 114 (27.5%)
Weight (kg)Median 80, (range 33 to 135)
Hight (cm)Median 172, (range 146 to 194)
BMI (kg/m)Median 27.4, (range 14.5 to 41.5)
Listing diagnosis
 Alcoholic cirrhosis229 (55.2%)
 HCC142 (34.2)
 Autoimmune diseases29 (7%)
 Viral hepatitis30 (7.2%)
 Polycystic liver degeneration17 (4.1%)
 Idiopathic cirrhosis42 (10.1%)
 Others38 (9.2%)
MELDN=293 (70.6%), median 17, (range 6 to 40)
Exceptional MELDN=122 (29.4%), median 28, (range 18 to 40)
Time to transplantation (days)Median 159, (range 0 to 4685)
BMI – body mass index; HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma. Autoimmune diseases: primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis. Others: drug induced liver failure, other malignancies except HCC; metastases from neuroendocrine tumors, cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC), haemochromatosis. MELD – Model for End-Stage Liver Disease.

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