Recurrence of cholestatic liver disease after living donor liver transplantation

Table 1 Recurrence of PSC following LDLT

Series	No.	Rate of blood related donors	No. rec. PSC	Median period to dx. of rec.
Tokyo[47]	9	89% (5 out of 9)	4 (44%)	40 mo (range 14-66 mo)2
Kyoto[48]	22	82% (23 out of 281)	13 (59%)	31 mo (range 22-71 mo)3

No.: Number of patients; rec.: Recurrence; dx.: Diagnosis.

¹Twenty-eight patients underwent LDLT for PSC. Among them 22, (79%) survived for more than a year and were the subject of the analysis for recurrent PSC;

²Diagnosis based on radiologic findings. No protocol liver biopsies were performed;

³Diagnosis based on pathologic findings obtained from protocol liver biopsies and later confirmed by radiologic findings.