Budd-Chiari syndrome in China: A 30-year retrospective study on survival from a single center

Table 3 Follow-up results of 256 Budd-Chiari syndrome patients

Treatment	Total	Lost	Death	Remission	Non-remission/progression
Medicine	30	16	Variceal bleeding (n = 4), liver or multiple organ failure (n = 3), and hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 1)	3	Abdominal distention (n = 3)
Surgery	14	5	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 3), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 1), variceal bleeding (n = 1), anastomotic infection (n = 1), and hepatic encephalopathy (n = 1)	1	Abdominal distention (n = 1)
Interventional radiology
Technic failure	6	0	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 3)	1	Abdominal distention (n = 1) and lower-extremity edema (n = 1)
PTA	96	6	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 8), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 5), variceal bleeding (n = 3), cholangiocarcinoma (n = 1), intracranial hemorrhage induced by hypertension (n = 1), DIC (n = 1), and accidental death (n = 1)	57	Abdominal distention (n = 7), lower-extremity edema (n = 4), and lower-extremity varix (n = 2)
PTA combined with stent placement	69	5	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 7), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 3), variceal bleeding (n = 2), hepatic encephalopathy (n = 2), and hemoptysis (n = 1)	44	Abdominal distention (n = 3), lower-extremity edema (n = 1), and muscle wasting (n = 1)
TIPS	7	2	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 2), and variceal bleeding (n = 1)	1	Jaundice (n = 1)
Untreated	34	10	Liver or multiple organ failure (n = 7), variceal bleeding (n = 1), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 1), hepatic encephalopathy (n = 1), and chronic leukemia (n = 1)	6	Abdominal distention (n = 4), muscle wasting (n = 2), and lower-extremity edema (n = 1)

PTA: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; DIC: Disseminated intravascular coagulation.