title: Portal thrombosis: high incidence following splenectomy for portal hypertension.
abstract: The authors report the incidence of portal thrombosis in their experience, of patients who have been operated on for splenectomy as treatment for portal hypertension with splenomegaly and hypersplenism without a portal systemic shunt. In 161 patients studied angiographically for portal hypertension due to cirrhosis, portal thrombosis was shown in 19 patients. Of these 19 patients 13 previously splenectomized. Only 6 were never operated upon.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013156:Splenectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*