Liver Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2004.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 1, 2004; 10(13): 1881-1884
Published online Jul 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1881
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 14 patients assigned to treat-ment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt procedure
CharacteristicValue
Age (yr)
Range28-75
mean ± SD53.6 ± 12.7
Sex (M/F)13/1
Occlusion of portal vein
Portal vein trunk (complete/incomplete)10/4
Right branch (complete/incomplete)10/1
Left branch (complete/incomplete)2/2
Tumor type (nodular/massive/diffuse)2/6/6
With cavernous transformation of PV5
Times of TACE (mean ± SD)3.7 ± 1.8