title: [Diagnosis and managements of seventeen patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the clinical experiences in the diagnosis and managements of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical and pathologic data of 17 patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the results of imaging examination, clinical data and pathological data, 17 patients HVOD were divided into acute progressive HVOD and chronic HVOD. 2 cases out of the 11 acute progressive cases got improved, 2 cases died after medical treatment and 2 cases died after shunt operation. The 6 chronic HVOD, including 1 case with medical treatment and 5 cases with shunt operation, were cured.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Liver biopsy was an efficient method for the diagnosis of hepatic veno-occlusive disease. Acute progressive cases of hepatic veno-occlusive disease should be managed with medical treatment and the chronic cases could be treated with shunt surgery if medical treatment were inefficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Yu-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiu-xian
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Pei-qin
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology; D006504:Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult