Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/LT.25841 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. RAFFAELE BRUSTIA (Orcid ID : 0000-0001-6426-9533) Article type : Original Articles MANUSCRIPT WITH HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES Definition and prospective assessment of functional recovery after liver transplantation: a new objective, consensus-based metric for safe discharge. Raffaele BRUSTIA 1 , Emmanuel BOLESLAWSKI 2 , Antoine MONSEL 3,4,5 , Louise BARBIER 6 , Sébastien DHARANCY 7 , René ADAM 8 , Jérôme DUMORTIER 9 , Mickaël LESURTEL 10 , Filomena CONTI 11 and Olivier SCATTON 12 . GREF2 and ACHBT collaborative group* 1 Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié–Salpêtrière, F- 75013 Paris, France; Université de Picardie-Jules Verne, UR UPJV 7518 SSPC, F-80000, Amiens, France. 2 Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1189 - ONCO-THAI - Image Assisted Laser Therapy for Oncology, F-59000 Lille, France 3 Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. 4 Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMR-S 959, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (I3), Paris, France. 5 Biotherapy (CIC-BTi) and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Hôpital Pitié- Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France. 6 Department of Digestive Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University hospital of Tours / FHU SUPORT, INSERM1082, Poitiers, France 7 Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France 8 Centre Hepato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, APHP, Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France 9 Department of Hepatology, Croix Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France 10 Department of Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Croix-Rousse University Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University of Lyon I, Lyon, France, 11 Hepatology and Liver transplantation department, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié– Salpêtrière, F-75013 Paris, France 12 Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CRSA, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié–Salpêtrière, F-75013 Paris, France Corresponding author: Professor Olivier SCATTON Director, Liver Transplantation Surgical Program Liver Transplantation and Hepatology Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière