Abstract
There is a high incidence of death due to variceal hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertension. Factors to consider when choosing selective devascularization in the treatment of variceal hemorrhage remain a controversy. This study aims to generate the prevalent clinical risk factors that affect the outcomes of selective devascularization procedures. Elucidating these features may guide future treatment of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 455 patients who underwent selective devascularization procedures in our center. Patients were subject to splenectomy, selective devascularization with or without esophageal transection. The mode of surgery recurred in comparable rates in both the group with major complications postoperatively (high-risk group which consisted of 63 patients) or the group without major postoperative complications (low-risk group, 392). Risk factors that negatively influenced outcomes of surgery include severe symptoms (89% in high risk group and 71% in low risk group), large volume of blood loss in the hemorrhage before surgery (81% in high risk group and 16% in low risk group), sever liver cirrhosis (83% in high risk group and 67% in low risk group), previous endotherapy, prolonged prothrombin time, and poor liver function. Selective devascularization is a feasible option to treat variceal hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertension.
Highlights
IntroductionPortal hypertension is a significant complication of liver disease that presents with many challenging medical consequences, such as variceal hemorrhage, which is the leading cause of death in patients with portal hypertension [1]
This study aims to generate the prevalent clinical risk factors that affect the outcomes of selective devascularization procedures
Portal hypertension is a significant complication of liver disease that presents with many challenging medical consequences, such as variceal hemorrhage, which is the leading cause of death in patients with portal hypertension [1]
Summary
Portal hypertension is a significant complication of liver disease that presents with many challenging medical consequences, such as variceal hemorrhage, which is the leading cause of death in patients with portal hypertension [1]. Common sources of portal hypertension worldwide are hepatic cirrhosis and hepatic schistosomiasis [2]. Alcoholic and viral cirrhosis constitute most cases of patients with liver disease in Western countries [3]. Hepatitis B and schisotomiasis are the other, more endemic sources of portal hypertension in the Eastern regions including Southeast Asia and the Middle East [4]. An increasing incidence of liver cirrhosis worldwide is being caused by hepatitis C [5]. The morbidity and mortality of life-threatening emergency that could result from portal hypertension, acute bleeding from esophageal varices, reduce the quality of lives of affected patients globally
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