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Banff 2016 Global Assessment and Quantitative Scoring for T Cell-Mediated Liver Transplant Rejection are Interchangeable

Table 3

Biopsy characteristics and histopathological outcome of the cohort.

Number of transplant recipients who underwent at least 1 biopsy in 12 months post-transplant60 (37%)

Total number of biopsies90
Biopsies/patientNumber of patients
 141 (69%)
 213 (21%)
 33 (4.9%)
 41 (1.6%)
 52 (3.3%)
Time between LT and biopsy procedure
DaysNumber of biopsies
 1–9054 (60%)
 91–18016 (18%)
 181–36520 (22%)
Histopathological outcome of biopsiesNumber of biopsies
 T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR)64 (71.1%)
 Nonspecific changes8 (8.9%)
 Preservation-reperfusion injury4 (4.4%)
 Cholestatic hepatitis4 (4.4%)
 Chronic rejection3 (3.3%)
 Hepatitis C virus3 (3.3%)
 Other4 (4.4%)

Steatosis, submassive necrosis, insufficient tissue, suboptimal biopsy.