Outcomes of right-lobe and left-lobe living-donor liver transplantations using small-for-size grafts

Table 3 Survival outcomes and postoperative complications in recipients n (%)

	RL-LDLT (n = 199)	LL-LDLT (n = 19)	P value
In-hospital death	4 (2)	1 (5.3)	0.918
Graft loss	33 (16.6)	5 (26.3)	0.452
Patient status - Alive:Dead	169:30	15:4	0.722
Graft survival			0.049
1-yr	98.50%	89.50%
3-yr	95.80%	89.50%
5-yr	95.20%	89.50%
Patient survival			0.476
1-yr	95.90%	89.50%
3-yr	90.80%	89.50%
5-yr	86.80%	89.50%
Postoperative complication1			0.105
No complication	92 (46.2)	7 (36.8)
Grade 1	42 (21.1)	3 (15.8)
Grade 2	21 (10.6)	0
Grade 3a	19 (9.5)	5 (26.3)
Grade 3b	14 (7.0)	3 (15.8)
Grade 4a	7 (3.5)	0
Grade 4b	2 (1.0)	0
Grade 5	2 (1.0)	1 (5.3)
Reason for graft loss
Patient death	28	3
Hepatic artery thrombosis	1	0
Portal vein thrombosis	1	0
PV/IVC thrombosis	1	0
Recurrent Wilson's disease	1	0
Biliary complication	0	1
Reactivation of hepatitis C	0	1
Rejection	1	0
Cause of death
Acute myocardial infarction	2	0
Chronic rejection	1	0
Unknown	2	0
Invasive aspergillosis	1	0
Malignant cachexia	16	0
Sepsis/multiorgan failure	3	2
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	1	0
Graft failure from PV/IVC thrombosis	1	0
Lymphoproliferative disease	1	0
Pulmonary hypertension	1	0
Respiratory failure	1	0
Chronic heart failure	0	1
Reactivation of hepatitis C	0	1

¹Clavien grading. PV: Portal vein; IVC: Inferior vena cava; LDLT: Living-donor liver transplantation; LL: Left-lobe; RL: Right-lobe.