Type of Preservation Solution, UW or HTK, Has an Impact on the Incidence of Biliary Stricture following Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Donor characteristics for donor liver grafts preserved using HTK or UW.
HTK (n = 230)
UW (n = 203)
Age (years)
53 ± 16.7
52 ± 16.4
0.64
Gender
0.002
Male
103 (55.2%)
121 (40.4%)
Female
127 (44.8%)
82 (59.6%)
BMI (kg/m2)
25.6 ± 4.7
25.5 ± 4.4
0.81
Cold ischemia time (minutes)
496 ± 121
532 ± 113
0.002
Warm ischemia time (minutes)
43.6 ± 14
46.8 ± 17.8
0.07
ICU time (days)
3.2 ± 4.4
3.2 ± 3
0.10
ALT (μkat/L)
1 ± 1.9
1.1 ± 1.9
0.83
AST (μkat/L)
1.1 ± 1.2
1.55 ± 2.7
0.94
BIL (μmol/L)
16 ± 12
15 ± 13
0.19
Na (mmol/L)
147 ± 10.3
147 ± 13.9
0.76
Creatinine (μmol/L)
93 (8–660)
103 (31–574)
0.20
Graft weight (g)
1,709 ± 429
1,614 ± 387
0.40
Total volume of solution (L)
5,393 (2,100–9,000)
4,138 (2,000–9,000)
<0.01
HTK: histidine tryptophan ketoglutarate; UW: the University of Wisconsin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; BIL: bilirubin; BMI: body mass index; ICU: intensive care unit. , mean ± SD, median (min-max), n (%).
