Reversibility of minimal hepatic encephalopathy following liver transplantation in Egyptian cirrhotic patients

Table 3 Relation between pre-transplant model for end-stage liver disease score and the presence of pre- and post-transplant minimal hepatic encephalopathy n (%)

		Pre-transplant MELD score		χ2	P value
		< 15 (n = 10)	≥ 15 (n = 10)
Pre-transplant MHE	-ve	4 (40)	0 (0)	5.0001	0.087
	+ve	6 (60)	10 (100)
Post-transplant MHE	-ve	8 (80)	1 (10)	9.8991	0.0052
	+ve	2 (20)	9 (90)

¹Fisher’s exact test;

²Highly significant. MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; MHE: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; -ve: Negative; +ve: Positive.