The learning curve for piggyback liver transplantation: identifying factors challenging surgery

Background This study aimed to quantify the learning curve of piggyback liver transplantation and to identify factors that impact the operative time and blood transfusion during the learning curve. Methods A retrospective review was performed on consecutive cases of patients’ first piggyback liver transplantations that were performed by a single surgeon. The learning curve for the operative time was evaluated using the cumulative sum method....