Table 3 Differences in assessment of the graft organ between transplanting surgeon and histological examination in 122 cases of LTs

Transplanting surgeons’ macroscopic assessment	Histological assessment of the macrovesical fat content^a			Total
Transplanting surgeons’ macroscopic assessment	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Total
Good	88	2	1	91
Acceptable	17	3	0	20
Poor	4	3	4	11
Total	109	8	5	122

^aGrade 1: fat content 0–29%, grade 2: fat content 30–59%, grade 3: fat content ≥60%
Agreement between these two methods of assessment was poor (cohen’s kappa 0.31) and transplanting surgeons classified 21 organs as only acceptable or poor that were classified as grade 1 steatosis by histological assessment

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