Type of Preservation Solution, UW or HTK, Has an Impact on the Incidence of Biliary Stricture following Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study
Table 2
Recipient characteristics for donor liver grafts preserved using HTK or UW.
HTK (n = 230)
UW (n = 203)
Age (years)
51.4 ± 12.4
49.6 ± 13.5
0.20
Gender
0.53
Male
151 (65.7%)
139 (68.5%)
Female
79 (34.3%)
64 (31.5%)
BMI (kg/m2)
25.7 ± 4.4
25.9 ± 4.2
0.55
Diagnosis (%)
0.44
Alcohol
8.3%
4.4%
HCC
23.5%
21.2%
Cholestasis
25.2%
29.1%
Hepatitis
19.1%
19.7%
FAP
11.3%
7.9%
Cryptogenic
2.6%
4.4%
Acute failure
4.3%
4.9%
Other
5.7%
8.4%
MELD score
14.3 ± 7.9
14.5 ± 7.9
0.74
ICU time (days)
2.3 ± 3.4 (1–27)
2.4 ± 3.7 (1–15)
0.10
Days of hospitalisation (days)
18.3 ± 7.7 (8–51)
19.9 ± 9.3 (9–56)
0.06
Days on waiting list (days)
102 ± 98 (1–577)
99 ± 99 (1–513)
0.56
HTK: histidine tryptophan ketoglutarate; UW: the University of Wisconsin; BMI: body mass index; ICU: intensive care unit; MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; n: number; mean ± SD, median (min-max), n (%).
