Elective Splenectomy Combined with Modified Hassab's or Sugiura Procedure for Portal Hypertension in Decompensated Cirrhosis.

Ya-Wu ZhangFeng-Xian WeiZhen-Gang WeiGen-Nian WangMan-Cai Wang You-Cheng Zhang

Published in: Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (2019)

Elective splenectomy combined with modified Sugiura procedure seemed to be associated with a reduced trend of no deadly variceal bleeding compared with Hassab's procedure. As statistical significance was not found, further large scale and prospective study was warranted.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
patients undergoing
heart failure
blood pressure
atrial fibrillation
ejection fraction
liver failure