Spleen stiffness accurately tracks early and sustained portal pressure changes after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2026; 18(5): 118030
Published online May 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i5.118030

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients evaluated for the study, n (%)

Patients characteristics	Value
Age (years)	60.2 (56.0-66.0)
Male gender	22 (56.4)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	24.1 (21.1-27.3)
Etiology of portal hypertension
HBV/HCV	9 (23.1)
PSVD	9 (23.1)
Cryptogenic	8 (20.5)
PBC	6 (15.4)
Alcohol	6 (15.4)
NASH	1 (2.6)
Child-Pugh grade
A, B, C	20 (51.3), 17 (43.6), 2 (5.1)
MELD score	8.6 (4.6-10.9)
Indication for TIPS placement
Variceal bleeding	33 (84.6)
Refractory ascites	6 (15.4)

Quantitative data were expressed as median (25%-75% quartile). HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; PSVD: Porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder; PBC: Primary biliary cholangitis; NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; MELD: Model of end-stage liver disease; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

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Citation: Zhou RQ, Yang PJ, Liu LG, Zhang JB, Ye ZD, Tan HD. Spleen stiffness accurately tracks early and sustained portal pressure changes after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(5): 118030
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Zhou RQ, Yang PJ, Liu LG, Zhang JB, Ye ZD, Tan HD. Spleen stiffness accurately tracks early and sustained portal pressure changes after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(5): 118030 [DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i5.118030]

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