Type of Preservation Solution, UW or HTK, Has an Impact on the Incidence of Biliary Stricture following Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study

Table 4

Postoperative complications for donor liver grafts preserved using HTK or UW.

	HTK (n = 230)	UW (n = 203)
Postop reop due to bleeding (%)	7.1%	10.4%	0.22
Biliary stricture (%)	13.5%	22.7%	0.013
Biliary stricture in first year	10%	18.2%	0.013
Type of biliary stricture			0.61
Only anastomotic stricture	58.1%	52.2%
Nonanastomotic stricture	41.9%	47.8%
Bile leakage	7.8%	8.9%	0.69
Arterial complication	4 (1.7%)	4 (2%)	0.85
Portal complication	1 (0.5%)	2 (1%)	0.60
Primary nonfunction	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.5%)	0.34
Early allograft dysfunction (%)	20.4%	17.7%	0.47
Acute rejection first month (%) (biopsy-proven)	17%	16.7%	0.95

HTK: histidine tryptophan ketoglutarate; UW: the University of Wisconsin; n: number . , n (%).