Perioperative blood transfusion decreases long-term survival in pediatric living donor liver transplantation

Table 6 Patients with early and late liver transplantation specific complications and 30 d and 10 years mortality rate

Variables	Early complications			Late complications
	No. (%)	No. (%)	P value	No. (%)	No. (%)	P value
	LTr, n = 103	HTr, n = 137		LTr, n = 103	HTr, n = 137
PNF	0 (0.0)	5 (3.6)	0.072	0 (0.0)	0	NA
Biliary fistula	4 (3.9)	10 (7.3)	0.267	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)	NA
Biliary stenosis	0	0	NA	15 (14.6)	14 (10.2)	0.307
Hepatic arthery thrombosis	2 (1.9)	6 (4.4)	0.478	0 (0.0)	3 (2.2)	0.261
Portal vein thrombosis	6 (5.1)	16 (11.7)	0.113	3 (2.9)	6 (4.4)	0.554
Reoperation	9 (8.7)	36 (26.3)	< 0.001	4 (3.9)	13 (9.5)	0.298
Retransplantation	0 (0.0)	3 (2.2)	0.262	2 (1.9)	4 (2.9)	0.306
30 d mortality	0 (0.0)	9 (3.6)	0.008	NA	NA	NA
10 yr mortality	NA	NA	NA	8 (7.8)	26 (19.0)	0.137

LTr: Low-volume transfusion group; HTr: High-volume transfusion group; PNF: Primary non-function.