Table 1 Patient characteristics Data are number (%) or percentage of patients, unless otherwise indicated as mean (SD)^a, median (IQR)^b, or median (range)^c

Patient characteristics

 Age (years)^b

59.0 (55.0–64.2)

60.00 (57.00–65.50)

59.00 (53.0–64.0)

0.403

 Male

79.00%

85.20%

77.85%

0.546

 Female

21.00%

14.80%

22.15

 Weight (kg)^a

78.20 (15.0)

78.55 (12.89)

78.11 (15.44)

0.876

 Height (cm)^a

169.00 (8.92)

168.81 (8.37)

169.32 (9.05)

0.776

 BMI (kg-m²)^a

27.30 (4.68)

27.48 (3.83)

27.22 (4.83)

0.757

Diagnoses and preoperative data

 Indications for LT

  Alcoholic cirrhosis

58.00%

77.78%

54.36%

0.040

  NASH

9.06%

7.41%

9.40%

1

  Hepatocarcinome

9.66%

7.41%

10.70%

 > 0.999

  Biliary cirrhosis

7.39%

0%

8.72%

0.223

Other

15.89%

14.81%

17.45%

 > 0.999

  Prior abdominal surgery

32.40%

33.33%

32.21%

 > 0.999

  Diabetes

33.00%

22.22%

34.90%

0.286

  Partial portal thrombosis

6.82%

18.52%

4.70%

0.022

   Altered echocardiogram

16.50%

14.81%

16.78%

 > 0.999

   Pulmonary disease

17.6%

29.63%

15.44%

0.097

   Ascites/pleural effusion

54.00%

66.67%

51.68%

0.219

   Ascites volume (l)^b

3400.00 [1500.00–6925.00]

3350.00 [1500.00–6550.00]

3400.00 [1450.00–6925.00]

   Preoperative kidney dysfunction

26.10%

40.74%

23.49%

0.107

   Sodium (mmol.l⁻¹)^b

136.00 (131.00–139.00)

132.00 (129.00–136.00)

136.00 (131.00–139.00)

0.042

   Creatinine (mg.kg⁻¹)^b

0.94 (0.76–1.22)

1.09 (0.83–1.40)

0.92 (0.75–1.20)

0.063

   MELD score^b

19.0 (13.0–23.0)

21.00 (17.50–26.50)

18.0 (13–22.0)

0.007

 Child–Pugh score

0.216

  A

15.50%

11.11%

16.33%

  B

33.90%

22.22%

36.05%

  C

50.60%

66.67%

47.62%

 UNOS classification

0.007

  At home

56.25%

37.04%

59.73%

  On ward

34.09%

37.04%

33.56%

  ICU

9.66%

25.93%

6.71%

  Haemoglobin (g.l⁻¹)^b

93.00 (84.00–108.00)

92.00 (81.00–109.00)

103.00 (89.00–118.00)

0.019

  Platelet count (× 10^–9)^−1b

74.00 (52.50–101.00)

68.00 (45.50–84.00)

103.00 (89.00–118.00)

0.123

  PTT^b

1.20 (1.06–1.36)

1.30 (1.16–1.53)

1.20 (1.04–1.35)

0.030

  PT/INR^b

1.55 (1.33–1.81)

1.77 (1.52–2.24)

1.52 (1.30–1.73)

0.004

  Fibrinogen (g.l⁻¹)^b

2.00 (1.31–3.0)

1.54 (1.18–2.01)

2.15 (1.40–3.03)

0.006

ExTem

  Coagulation time (s)^b

65.00 (59.00–75.00)

72.00 (62.00–86.50)

64.00 (58.75–73.25)

0.022

  MCF (mm)^b

51.00 (43.00–60.00)

72.00 (62.00–86.50)

72.00 (62.00–86.50)

0.020

  Lysis^b

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–0)

0.008

  A10 FibTem MCF (mm)^b

11.00 (6.00–16.00)

7.00 (4.50–12.50)

11.00 (7.00–16.00)

0.016