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Table 2 Clinical course of patients who underwent rescue LT for PHLF

From: Rescue liver transplantation for post-hepatectomy liver failure- single center retrospective analysis

Pt

Age (years)

Indication

for LR

Time to LT

(days)

Year of LT

Postresection complications

Post-LT complications

Alive

Oncologic status (recurrence)

1

31

CRC mets

2

2008

1.Left PV thrombosis and IVC stenosis

2.PHLF

1.Intraabdominal bleeding

2.Biliary Fistula

3. MOF

4.Died on POD 72

No

 

2

61

CRC mets

4

2013

1.PV thrombosis

2.Liver necrosis

3.PHLF

1.Died directly after LT

No

 

3

44

HCC

2

2013

1.Bleeding, relaparotomy and packing

2.PHLF

1.Myocardial infarction

2.Septic shock and MOF

3.Died on POD 12

No

 

4

24

Liver trauma

3

2015

1.PHLF

1.MOF

2.Died on POD 2

No

 

5

55

Hilar tumor- inflammatory

58

2016

1.Bleeding, relaparotomy

2.Biliary fistula

3.Wound dehiscence

4.Progressive hiperbilirubinemia

5. PHLF

1. Late stenosis of the bilio-enteric anastomosis with subsequent redo anastomosis 2 years after LT

Yes

No

6

32

Hilar tumor- cancer

1

2022

1.PV thrombosis

2.PHLF

1.PNF and retransplantation on POD 2

2. Biliary fistula

3. Stenosis of the cavo-caval anastomosis with stent placement

Yes

No

  1. LT- liver transplantation, PHLF- posthepatectomy liver failure, CRC- colorectal cancer, HCC- hepatocellular carcinoma, PV- portal vein, IVC- inferior vena cava, MOF- multiorgan failure, POD- postoperative day, SFSS- small for size syndrome, PNF- primary nonfunction