Liver Transplantation without Perioperative Transfusions Single-Center Experience Showing Better Early Outcome and Shorter Hospital Stay

Table 4

Intraoperative variables and blood products transfusion in the cohort of LT patients.

	No Transfusion; 𝑛=39	Yes Transfusion; 𝑛=88	𝑃
Piggyback LT technique (%)	2 (5)	7 (8)	0.9
Full-size/split LT	39/0	78/10	0.06
Operative time (min)*	227 (135–320)	240 (150–420)	0.02
Intraoperative RBC*	0	2 (0–6)	0.0001
Intraoperative plasma*	6.6 (0–14)	9 (0–16)	0.0001
Intraoperative cryoprecipitates*	0 (0–7)	0 (0–9)	0.28
Intraoperative platelets*	0 (0–8)	0 (0–15)	0.024
Perioperative RBCs transfusion*	0	3.5 (1–16)	0.0001

∗Median and range; LT: liver transplantation; RBCs: red blood cells.