Abstract:Objective To analyze the influencing factors of thromboelastography (TEG) and coagulation function on the clinical outcome of patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) after blood transfusion, using postoperative major complications as the primary observational endpoint, and to construct a predictive model.Methods A retrospective method was adopted. A total of 106 patients who underwent OLT in Xi'an Daxing Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University between February 2022 and September 2024 were selected. According to 9:1, they were quantitatively and randomly divided into the training set (n = 95) and the validation set (n = 11). Based on the occurrence of Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ 3 complications within 3 months after surgery, patients were categorized into a major complications group and a no major complications group. The basic data of the two groups were compared, the factors influencing the occurrence of major complications after OLT were analyzed, and a predictive model for major complications after OLT was constructed and verified.Results In the training set, among 95 patients who underwent OLT, 22 cases had major complications, accounting for 23.2%. In the validation set, among the 11 patients who underwent OLT, 2 cases had major complications, accounting for 18.2%. In the training set, there were no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05). the major complications group had higher levels of FIB, MA, and Angle, and a lower PT compared to the no major complications group (P < 0.05). Higher FIB, higher MA, higher Angle, and lower PT were all identified as influencing factors for the occurrence of major complications after OLT (P < 0.05). In the training set, the optimal cut-off value of the model for predicting major complications after OLT was 0.412, with a corresponding sensitivity of 88.5% (95% CI: 0.781, 0.989) and specificity of 85.0% (95% CI: 0.746, 0.954). The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.885 (95% CI: 0.811, 0.958). In the validation set, the optimal cut-off value for the risk score was 0.358, with a sensitivity of 85.3% (95% CI: 0.768, 0.938) and a specificity of 86.7% (95% CI: 0.782, 0.952). The AUC was 0.879 (95% CI: 0.814, 0.944).Conclusion TEG and coagulation function are associated with the occurrence of major complications after OLT. The establishment of a nomogram prediction model has a good predictive effect on the major complications after OLT.