BACKGROUND Splenectomy is an effective yet invasive intervention for alleviating portal pressure in patients with hepatitis cirrhosis.However,the current prognostic indicators for predicting long-term overall survival...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China,No.82174160;and Anhui Natural Science Foundation,No.2008085QH389。
BACKGROUND Partial splenic embolization(PSE)has been suggested as an alternative to splenectomy in the treatment of hypersplenism.However,some patients may experience recurrence of hypersplenism after PSE and require ...
Supported by Shenkang Hospital Development Center of Shanghai,China,No.SHDC12016129.
BACKGROUND In a previous study,autologous bone marrow infusion(ABMI)was performed in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis(DLC)and acquired immunodefi-ciency syndrome and achieved good results,but whether splene...
the National Key R&D Program of China,No.2022YFC2503701;the Science and Technological Supports Project of Sichuan Province,No.2022YFS0255;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81800449.
BACKGROUND Portal hypertension combined with esophagogastric variceal bleeding(EGVB)is a serious complication in patients with hepatitis B virus(HBV)-related cirrhosis in China.Splenectomy plus pericardial devasculari...
The study was reviewed and approved by the Chinese PLA General Hospital Institutional Review Board(Approval No.2010068D).
BACKGROUND The liver hemodynamic changes caused by portal hypertension(PH)are closely related to various complications such as gastroesophageal varices and portosystemic shunts,which may lead to adverse clinical outco...
Because distal pancreatectomy(DP)has no reconstructive steps and less frequent vascular involvement,it is thought to be the easier counterpart of pancreaticoduodenectomy.This procedure has a high surgical risk and the...
Supported by Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation,No. 2022M711911
BACKGROUND Hypersplenism and esophageal varices bleeding are the major complications of portal hypertension(PHT).In recent years,increasing attention has been given to spleen preservation operations.The mode and long-...
BACKGROUND Splenectomy has previously been found to increase the risk of cancer development,including lung,non-melanoma skin cancer,leukemia,lymphoma,Hodgkin’s lymphoma,and ovarian cancer.The risk of cancer developme...
Supported by The Department of Surgery,Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital,Osaka,Japan
Segmental arterial mediolysis(SAM) is characterized by intra-abdominal, retroperitoneal bleeding or bowel ischemia, and the etiology is unknown. A 44-year-old man complaining of abdominal pain was admitted to our hosp...
Inflammatory pseudotumor(IPT) of the spleen is an uncommon entity with an uncertain aetiology. Inflammatory pseudotumors present diagnostic difficulties because the clinical and radiological findings tend to suggest a...