High incidence of biliary complications in rat liver transplantation: Can we avoid it?

Table 1 Incidence rates of biliary complications in different groups

Groups	n	Abscess	Sludge	EBD	IBD	Total
Group A							41.7%e (25/60)
A1	30	26.70% (8/30)	13.30% (4/30)	26.70% (8/30)	13.30% (4/30)	33.30% (10/30)
A2	30	43.30% (13/30)	20% (6/30)	26.70% (8/30)	10% (3/30)	50%a (15/30)
Group B							32.50% (13/40)
B1	10	10% (1/10)	0	30% (3/10)	0	30% (3/10)
B2	10	10% (1/10)	0	20% (2/10)	10% (1/10)	20% (2/10)
B3	10	30% (3/10)	20% (2/10)	40% (4/10)	10% (1/10)	50%c (5/10)
B4	10	20% (2/10)	10% (1/10)	30% (3/10)	10%t (1/10)	30% (3/10)
Group C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	105	26.70% (28/105)	12.40% (13/105)	26.70% (28/105)	9.52% (10/105)	36.20% (38/105)

Some rats had two (or more) kinds of biliary complications at the same time.

^aP < 0.05 vs A1;

^cP < 0.05 vs B1, B2 and B4;

^eP < 0.05 vs groups B and C EBD: Extrahepatic biliary dilatation; IBD: Intrahepatic biliary dilatation.

Table 2 Serological values in different groups

	n	AST (U/L)	ALT (U/L)	TBIL (μ mol/L)	DBIL (μ mol/L)	GGT (U/L)	ALP (U/L)
A1	30	452.2 ± 296.9	223.7 ± 194.7	17.1 ± 26.0	14.8 ± 24.1	10.5 ± 6.2	366.5 ± 173.0
A2	30	534.2 ± 373.3	272.8 ± 274.7	11.6 ± 21.8	10.2 ± 20.2	8.0 ± 7.3	282.8 ± 154.9
B1	10	146.6 ± 43.6	75 ± 17.7	0.79 ± 1.59	0.54 ± 1.26	4.6 ± 3.8	208.6 ± 76.4
B2	10	108.7 ± 26.4	70.0 ± 6.6	0.33 ± 0.25	0.09 ± 0.12	2.5 ± 0.97	190.2 ± 44.2
B3	10	359.3 ± 452.4	126.6 ± 131.9	15.1 ± 31.3	11.5 ± 24.1	7.3 ± 5.1	240 ± 152.0
B4	10	271.2 ± 275.2	119.3 ± 138.2	9.7 ± 27.3	7.42 ± 21.5	5.7 ± 2.8	236.3 ± 158.3
Group C	5	81.7 ± 13.2	60.7 ± 4.5	0.13 ± 0.15	0 ± 0	2.7 ± 0.58	281.7 ± 139.3

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; GGT: Gumma-glutamyl transpeptidase.