Table 1

Characteristics of patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

No of patients41
Male/female26/15
Mean (SD, range) age (years)40 (13, 17–63)
Median (range) duration of PSC (months)50 (3–360)
Child class, n (%)
 B27 (66)
 C14 (34)
Mean (SD, range) bilirubin (μmol/l)192 (139, 44–604)
Cholangiocarcinoma, n (%)4 (10)
 Before transplantation2 (5)
 At explant2 (5)
Patients with UC, n (%)26 (63)
Median (range) duration of UC (months)86 (2–480)
Pretransplant UC course, n (% UC  patients)
 Quiescent15 (58)
 Active8 (31)
 Steroid dependence0
 Colectomy3 (11)
  • UC, ulcerative colitis.