Complications of transcutaneous transhepatic endovascular interventions in patients with portal hypertension

• Published in: Hirurgija (Moskva) no. 6; p. 82
• Main Authors: Karimov, Sh I, Akhtaev, A R, Kim, V F, Borovskiĭ, S P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 1996
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Budd-Chiari Syndrome - complications; Budd-Chiari Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Budd-Chiari Syndrome - therapy; Diagnostic Errors; Embolization, Therapeutic - adverse effects; Embolization, Therapeutic - methods; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - diagnostic imaging; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - therapy; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy; Humans; Hypertension, Portal - complications; Hypertension, Portal - diagnostic imaging; Hypertension, Portal - therapy; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver Cirrhosis - diagnostic imaging; Liver Cirrhosis - therapy; Middle Aged; Portal Vein - diagnostic imaging; Radiography, Interventional - adverse effects; Radiography, Interventional - methods
• ISSN: 0023-1207

Results of endovasal treatment of 196 patients with portal hypertension and its complications are analysed. The total rate of complications is 23.4%, the most serious of them were intraabdominal bleeding (2.5%), portal vein thrombosis (2.1%). The rate of mortality, related to the complications of transhepatic procedures, was 2.5%. The majority of the complications were specific to the character of the disease: liver cirrhosis, ascites, high portal pressure, coagulating system disorders.