Risk factors of biliary complications after pediatric living donor liver transplantation / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the risk factors of biliary complications(BCS)after pediatric living donor liver transplantation(LDLT).Methods:From January 2016 to December 2020, retrospective review of clinical data was performed for 681 children aged <18 years undergoing LDLT.There were 324 boys and 357 girls with a median age of 7.4 months and a median weight of 7.0 kg.Among 61 BCS patients(9.0%), there were biliary stricture(n=34, 5.0%), bile leakage(n=21, 3.1%)and bile leakage combined with biliary stricture(n=6, 0.9%). According to the absence or presence of BCS after LT, the recipients were divided into two groups of BCS(n=61)and non-BCS(n=620). The incidence and risk factors of BCS were analyzed.T-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Chi square or Fisher exact test was employed for univariate statistical analysis and Logistic regression for multivariate statistical analysis.Results:The median follow-up period was 35.5 months.Univariate analysis revealed statistically significant inter-group differences( P=0.005, 0.046, 0.009, 0.011, 0.024, 0.023, 0.004, 0.038, 0.002, 0.029, 0.023, 0.002, 0.011)in donor age[(31.4±5.7)vs.(34.3±7.5)years], time of anhepatic phase[43(37.0, 53.0)vs.47(38.8, 56.0)min], time from portal vein opening to hepatic artery opening[35(30.0, 41.0)vs. 38(30.8, 47.8)min], type of perfusion fluid, number of donor bile ducts, intestinal loop length[40(30.0, 40.0)vs.40(25.0, 40.0)cm], mode of biliary reconstruction, whether or not placing a support tube, incidence of hepatic artery thrombosis[1.6%(10/620)vs.9.8%(6/61)], incidence of abdominal infection[4.5%(28/620)vs.11.5%(7/61)], incidence of cytomegalovirus(CMV)infection[55.3%(343/620)vs.70.5%(43/61)], incidence of portal vein thrombosis[1.1%(7/620)vs.8.2%(5/61)]and incidence of pulmonary infection[19.0%(118/620)vs.32.8%(20/61)]. Multivariate analysis indicated that independent risk factors of BCS included donor age( P=0.023), number of donor bile ducts( P=0.017), time from portal vein opening to hepatic artery opening( P=0.010), hepatic artery thrombosis( P=0.004), abdominal infection( P=0.019), CMV infection( P=0.022), portal vein thrombosis( P=0.003), pulmonary infection( P=0.021)and short intestinal loop length( P=0.012). Conclusions:Biliary complications are common after pediatric LDLT.Independent risk factors are donor age, number of donor bile ducts, time from portal vein opening to hepatic artery opening, hepatic artery thrombosis, abdominal infection, CMV infection, portal vein thrombosis, pulmonary infection and short length of intestinal loop.