Table 1 Baseline and intraoperative patient characteristics

 Male gender

8 (72%)

7 (63%)

0.72

 Age (years)

47.3 ± 13.0

48.0 ± 11.0

0.88

 Weight (kg)

83.8 ± 24.1

76.5 ± 15.3

0.40

 Body mass index (kg/m²)

27.8 ± 7.2

27 ± 4.3

0.61

 Hepatitis C

3

2

 Non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis

1

1

 Autoimmune hepatitis

0

3

 Primary sclerosing cholangitis

2

0

 Primary biliary cirrhosis

1

1

 Hepatocellular cancer

1

3

 Alcoholic cirrhosis

1

0

 Other

2

1

 MELD

19.2 ± 6.4

20.6 ± 8.6

0.66

 SOFA

10.1 ± 2.6

11.1 ± 2.2

0.34

 Apache II

19.9 ± 4.5

18.4 ± 5.5

0.53

 Acetate-buffered crystalloid (ml)

3454.6 ± 2841

3681.8 ± 2003

0.39

 Albumex (20%) (ml)

436.4 ± 478

490.9 ± 561

0.80

 Platelets (pooled adult units)

0 (0:2)

0 (0:1)

0.85

 FFP (units)

2 (0:4)

1 (0:3)

0.67

 Cryoprecipitate (units)

0 (0:8)

0 (0:9)

0.43

 Red Blood cells (units)

0 (0:3)

2 (0:3)

0.43

 Donor blood administered (ml)

287.3 ± 149.5

750 ± 240

0.12

 Cell saved blood returned (ml)

2319.8 ± 2377

2731.5 ± 3221

0.74

 Duration of surgery (hours)

9.7 ± 1.5

9.3 ± 2.3

0.63