Personal experience with the procurement of 32 liver allografts

Table 1 Causes of brain death among 32 liver donors

Cause	n (%)
Trauma	21 (65.63)
Motor vehicle accident	16
Gunshot wound	1
Fall	2
Other	2
Cerebrovascular accident	9 (28.13)
Cerebral infarct	6
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	3
Others	2 (6.24)
Total	32 (100)

Table 2 Vascular reconstruction for hepatic arterial anomalies

Anomaly	n (%)	Method of reconstruction (n)
Aberrant RHA	7 (21.88)
From SMA	6	Donor SpA to aberrant RHA (4)
From aorta	1	Donor SpA to aberrant RHA (1)
Aberrant LHA	5 (15.63)
From CA	3
From aorta	2	Donor SpA to PHA (1)
Aberrant RHA and LHA	2 (6.25)
RHA from SMA	1	Donor SpA to RHA (1)
LHA from CA	1	CA to distal SMA (1)
Total	14 (43.75)

RHA: right hepatic artery; SMA: superior mesenteric artery; SpA: splenic artery; LHA: left hepatic artery; CA: celiac axis, PHA: proper hepatic artery.

Table 3 Early graft function after orthotopic liver transplantation

Early graft function	Number of recipient problems		Total (%)
	No (%)	Yes1 (%)
Good	21 (75)	1 (25)	22 (68.75)
Fair	4 (14.29)	1 (25)	5 (14.29)
Poor	2 (7.14)	1 (25)	3 (9.38)
PGN	1 (3.57)	1 (25)	2 (6.25)
Total	28 (100)	4 (100)	32 (100)

¹Including hepatic artery thrombosis in one patient, intraoperative incidence from severe hemorrhage in two patients, and multi-organ failure in one patient.

Table 4 Correlation between donor or graft variables and early graft function

Variable	Good (n = 21)	Fair (n = 4)	Poor (n = 2)	PGN (n = 1)
Age (yr)	35.6 ± 12.9	43.5 ± 13.8	54.1 ± 4.3	63
Sex ( M:F )	15:06	2:02	2:00	1:00
AST(IU/L)	76.4 ± 23.6	63.3 ± 37.1	89.2 ± 42.1	151
ALT(IU/L)	43.2 ± 26.1	69.8 ± 34.9	68.1 ± 31.2	78.1
T. Bil (µmol/L)	12.5 ± 3.4	14.5 ± 7.4	11.8 ± 7.9	20.5
PT(s)	15.2 ± 1.4	14.8 ± 1.2	14.2 ± 1.6	15.5
CPR	4 (19.0%)	2 (50%)
ICU stay (d)	3.5 ± 2.4	6.2 ± 3.3	7.4 ± 2.1	12
High dose	8 (38.1%)	2 (50%)	1 (50%)	0
vasopressors
Abnormal	4 (19.0%)	1 (25%)	2 (100%)	1 (100%)
graft appearance
CIT (min)	379 ± 128	421 ± 183	389 ± 214	402 ± 103

CIT: cold ischemia time; T. Bil: total bilirubin; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.