Donor tobacco smoking is associated with postoperative thrombosis after primary liver transplantation.
Yanni LiLianne M NieuwenhuisMaureen J M WernerMichiel D VoskuilRanko GacesaHans BlokzijlJ P LuyendykRinse K WeersmaRobert J PorteEleonora A M FestenVincent E De MeijerPublished in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2020)
Donor history of smoking conveys a more than two-fold increased risk of thrombosis after liver transplantation, independent of other factors. Post-transplant thrombosis was independently associated with decreased patient and graft survival.