Living donor liver transplantation for high model for end-stage liver disease score: What have we learned?

Table 1 Demographic data, Child classification, and cold and warm ischemia time among the studied groups n (%)

Variable	MELD < 20 (n = 38)	MELD > 20 (n = 33)
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)	47.8 ± 7.8	46.2 ± 7.9
Sex
Male	34 (89.5	32 (97)
Female	4 (10.5)	1 (3)
Diagnosis
ESLD	27 (71.1)	26 (78.8)
HCC	3 (7.9)	0
ESLD + HCC	8 (21)	7 (21.2)
Child-Turcotte-Pugh
A	0	0
B	3 (7.9)	0
C	35 (92.1)	33 (100)
Cold ischemia time (min)	47 ± 23	42 ± 30
Warm ischemia time (min)	54.4 ± 20.2	53.7 ± 16.9

ESLD: End-stage liver disease; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease.