Variable Group S ( n=30) Group R ( n=30) P value Age Sex BMI (kg/m2) MELD  score CIT (min) WIT (min) GBWR Blood loss (ml) RBCS(units) requirements Fentanyl (µg) requirements Duration of surgery(hrs.) 45.70 ± 6.94 25/5 27.89 ± 2.73 15.20 ± 1.90 36.3 ± 8.8 55.2 ± 9.1 1 ± 0.2 1816.66 ± 1075.45 6.43 ± 4.93 1363.33 ± 403.84 13.35 ± 1.86 44.60 ± 8.18 23/7 27.63 ± 1.92 15.36 ± 1.35 35.3 ± 7.4 54.4 ± 8.6 1 ± 0.3 1883.33 ± 801.32 5.93 ± 4.19 1290.00 ± 325.20 13.78 ± 2.29 0.57 NS 0.75 NS 0.67 NS 0.71 NS 0.64 NS 0.73 NS 1 NS 0.79 NS 0.674 NS 0.44 NS 0.43 NS Data were presented as mean ± SD, tested by student t-test, or as % tested by X2 Chi square test, P-value <0.05 statistically significant. S group: SED line group; R group: Ramsay  group; BMI: Body Mass Index; MELD: Model for End Stage Liver Disease; CIT:Cold Ischemia Time; WIT:Warm Ischemia Time; BBWR:Graft Body Weight Ratio; S.D.: Standard Deviation, NS: Not Significant.

Table 1: Patients characteristics.