Peculiarities of implantation of the right graft veins into the inferior vena cava during living donor liver transplantation

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients

Parameter	Group 1 (no venous reconstruction)	Group 2 (V5/V8 PTFE graft to inferior vena cava)	Group 3 (V5/V8 PTFE graft to right hepatic vein)	P value
Number of patients (n)	12	44	40	Not applicable
Male (female)	9 (3)	29 (15)	28 (12)	0.38
Age (years)	46.44	48.76	47.56	0.57
HCV	8	19	22	0.12
HBV	2	6	4	0.69
HCV + HBV	0	3	4	0.67
HBV + delta	1	4	2	0.68
Other	1	12	8	0.06
Model for end-stage liver disease score	19.7	19.8	20.4	0.24
Donor age (years)	37.2 ± 9.6	39.1 ± 11.2	38.5 ± 12.3	0.79
Graft-to-recipient weight ratio	0.81 ± 0.17	0.85 ± 0.19	0.87 ± 0.21	0.43
Graft weight (g)	770 ± 112	750 ± 140	780 ± 135	0.53
Warm ischemia time (minutes)	41 ± 3.5	63 ± 7.2	43 ± 6.1	< 0.01
Cold ischemia time (minutes)	35 ± 3.8	63 ± 8.2	78 ± 7.3	< 0.01

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; PTFE: Polytetrafluoroethylene.