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  • Title: [Long-term results of the embolization of the hepatic and splenic arteries in liver cirrhosis].
    Author: Granov AM, Ryzhkov VK, Tarazov PG.
    Journal: Khirurgiia (Mosk); 1991 Nov; (11):84-8. PubMed ID: 1779561.
    Abstract:
    The authors studied the long-term results of portal hypertension correction in patients with far-advanced stages of cirrhosis of the liver. Embolization of the hepatic and/or splenic arteries was performed in 231 patients (147 males and 84 females) aged from 17 to 70 years. Sixty-seven patients are alive at present, the average duration of the follow-up period is 57.9 +/- 19.8 months. Four patients were not followed up; 160 patients died, 18 (7.8%) of them within 30 days after an endovascular manipulation. The mean survival of patients who were discharged from the clinic was 21.1 +/- 17.4 months. Survival was higher among patients treated by successive embolization of the hepatic and splenic arteries than in those treated by occlusion of one of these vessels. Comparative analysis showed that embolization of arteries of the hepatolienal zone prolongs the life of patients with complicated forms of portal hypertension in cirrhosis of the liver.
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