The clinical applicability of percutaneous splenic vein stent implantation for pancreatic portal hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic portal hypertension (PPH) is a type of extrahepatic portal hypertension. We compared the clinical efficacy of different treatment methods for PPH caused by splenic vein stenosis in chronic pancreatitis.

Methods

This article retrospectively analyzed the PPH cases that were caused by splenic vein stenosis after chronic pancreatitis. Patients were divided into three groups according to the different treatments: splenic vein stent implantation (stent group), splenectomy, and only medications (conservative group). The treatment effects from each group were compared.

Results

A total of 33 patients were retrospectively analyzed in this study (9, 12, and 12 patients in each group respectively). All the procedures were successful in the stent and splenect

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature