To evaluate the values of portosystemic shunt and other interventional radiology approaches for treatment of symptomatic portal hypertension in patients with cavernous transformation of portal vein.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
150
Portal vein (PV) was punctured with a 22-gauge chiba needle. A 0.018-inch guidewire was advanced through the needle into PV lumen. The needle was exchanged and a 6-French sheath inserted over the wire. Then middle hepatic vein (MHV) was punctured with a 20-gauge reformed needle through the transhepatic sheath. Another 0.018-inch guidewire was advanced through the needle into right internal jugular vein and then snared out of body. A 0.035-inch, 260-cm-long stiff shaft wire was introduced through the transjugular sheath and manipulated into main portal vein (MPV) and then into SMV. The parenchymal tract was dilated with balloon catheter, then one or more bare metal stents and one or more covered stents were inserted to line the parenchymal tract.
Department of Radiology
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
RECRUITINGIncidence Rate of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
No gastrointestinal bleeding proved by patients' symptoms (If the patients had the history of gastrointestinal bleeding before)
Time frame: 1 month
Ascites Volume (mL)
No ascites proved by CT scanning or ultrasound (If the patients had the history of ascites before)
Time frame: 1 month
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