title: [Preliminary report on portal hypertension treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt].
abstract: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS) was carried out in 50 cases of liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension. An average Child-Pugh score in these cases was 10.33 +/- 2.34. Except for 5 cases with portal vein occlusion, the technical success rate of in 45 cases was 95.6%. Acute variceal bleeding was immediately controlled. Portal pressure was reduced by 1.36 +/- 0.48 kPa. Esophageal varices and ascites disappeared. The shrink of spleen, the reducing of body weight were also observed in a week following TIPSS. The velocity of blood flow in stents was 85.61 +/- 35.83 cm/s. Follow-up of 1-9 months found norebleeding and ascites. The velocity of blood flow in stents was 83.83 +/- 34.74 cm/s. Three patients died of liver failure and variceal rebleeding within a month after TIPSS. Slight encephalopathy was observed in 6 cases.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital of Nanjing Unit, Chinese People's Liberation Army.
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents