Thrombotic microangiopathy-like disorder after living-donor liver transplantation: A single-center experience in Japan

Figure 5 Graft parenchymal damage before and after thrombotic microangiopathy like disorder treatments. The mean graft damage scores before and after thrombotic microangiopathy like disorder (TMALD) treatments in all patients were 8.9 ± 2.2 points (range, 5-12 points) and 8.7 ± 4.0 points (range, 2-12 points), respectively. In comparisons of the histopathological findings before and after TMALD treatments, the graft damage scores clearly demonstrated that five recipients who had poor outcomes (closed circles) showed no improvements despite repeated plasma exchange (PE). The mean graft damage score after TMALD treatments in these five recipients was 8.8 ± 2.6 points (range, 5-12 points). On the other hand, the two surviving recipients (open circles) recovered from their graft parenchymal damage. The graft damage scores after TMALD treatments in these two recipients were two and four points.