Primary liver transplantation vs transplant after Kasai portoenterostomy in children with biliary atresia: A retrospective Brazilian single-center cohort

Table 1 Pre and intra-operative variables in biliary atresia recipients who underwent liver transplantation with and without previous portoenterostomy, n (%)

Parameter	No-PE, n = 23	PE, n = 19	P value
Sex, female	13 (56.5)	12 (63.2)	0.75
Age at LT, months	8 (6-10)	12 (7-23)	0.02
Weight at LT, kg, median (IQR)	6.5 (5.7-7.4)	7 (6.4-13.5)	0.15
PELD/MELD, mean ± SD	21.4 ± 9.5	13.2 ± 8.9	0.01
Living donor	19 (82.6)	16 (84.2)	1
Deceased donor	4 (17.4)	3 (15.8)
GRWR, mean ± SD	4.0 ± 1.3	3.7 ± 1.7	0.4
RCBT in mL/kg, mean ± SD	2.4 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 1.3	0.15
CIT in min, median (IQR)	81 (61-140)	105 (73-189)	0.24
WIT in min, mean ± SD	39.4 ± 12.5	33.8 ± 8.4	0.11
Time to extubate in d, median (IQR)	1 (0-2)	0 (0-1)	0.55
ICU stay in d, median (IQR)	12 (6-17)	8 (5-14)	0.4
Hospital stay in d, median (IQR)	21 (16-37)	23 (15-30)	0.25

Data are n (%). CIT: Cold ischemia time; GRWR: Graft-to-recipient-weight-ratio; ICU: Intensive care unit; IQR: Interquartile range; LT: Liver transplant; PE: Portoenterostomy; RCBT: Red cell blood transfusion; SD: Standard deviation; WIT: Warm ischemia time.