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Table 2 Comparison between numbers of plasmapheresis procedure required as per guidelines and number of procedures in the present series and their costing

From: Cascade plasmapheresis (CP) as a preconditioning regime in ABO-incompatible live related donor liver transplants (ABOi-LDLT)

Case (pre-CP titer IgG)

Number of conventional plasmapheresis as per guidelines[8]

Costs of conventional procedures in US dollars

Number of CP procedures in this series

Costs of CP in US dollars

Cost savings in US dollars

Case 1 (2,048)

10–12

6,417

4

3,333

3,084

Case 2 (1,024)

10–12

6,417

3

2,500

3,917

Case 3 (32)

3

1,750

1

834

916

Case 4 (64)

4–5

2,625

1

834

1,791