Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for palliative treatment of portal hypertension secondary to portal vein tumor thrombosis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 14 patients assigned to treat-ment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt procedure

Characteristic	Value
Age (yr)
Range	28-75
mean ± SD	53.6 ± 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 PV	5
Times of TACE (mean ± SD)	3.7 ± 1.8

Table 2 Portal pressure, ascites and clinical symptoms before and after TIPS procedure in 10 patients receiving stents (mean ± SD)

	Before procedure	After procedure	(t/χ2 value)	P Value
Portal vein pressure (mmHg)	37.5 ± 4.8	18.2 ± 1.8	t: 13.032	0.000
Circumference of abdomen (cm)	85.3 ± 4.7	79.2 ± 5.2	t: 3.823	0.002
Ascites
Mild	3	8
Moderate	1	4
Severe	10	2
Diarrohea (times/d)	3.8 ± 4.4	0 ± 0	t: 3.202	0.007
Hepatic encephalopathy
0	9	9
I	3	5
II	2	0
Variceal bleeding (times)	1.9 ± 1.5	0 ± 0	t: 4.759	0.000