Two surgical procedures for esophagogastric variceal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension

Table 2 Intra- and post-operative clinical characteristics n (%)

Clinical characteristics	PCVD group	Combined group	Pvalue
Intraoperative
Operative time (min)	246 ± 71	307 ± 68	< 0.01
Blood loss (mL)	936 ± 1627	744 ± 832	< 0.01
Blood transfusion (mL)	843 ± 1237	760 ± 583	0.010
Postoperative
Fever	56	10	< 0.01
Ascites	941 ± 833	759 ± 695	0.24
Rebleeding	12 (5.80%)	2 (2.41%)	0.04
Long-term complications
Congestive gastropathy	35 (17.41%)	2 (2.41%)	< 0.01
Encephalopathy	3 (1.45%)	2 (2.41%)	0.58
Portal vein thrombosis	16 (7.96%)	3 (3.61%)	0.04
Rebleeding	30 (14.93%)	6 (7.22%)	< 0.05

PCVD: Pericardial devascularization.