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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Spontaneous Splenorenal Shunt in Liver Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Observational Study Based on Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans.
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Efficacy and Safety of EUS-Guided Coil Embolization Combined With Endoscopic Cyanoacrylate Injection Versus Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices With High-risk Ectopic Embolism
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ultra-Large Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt is Correlated With a Higher Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient and Increased Risk of Hepatic Encephalopathy.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Article
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- Non-variceal Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts: A Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2025Review
- Dilation of the left renal vein: an indicator of spontaneous splenorenal shunt in chronic liver disease patients.The British journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Computed Tomography Images of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt in Liver Cirrhosis.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Review
- Portosystemic venous shunt in the patients with Fontan circulation.Heart and vessels · 2021Article
- PTFE-covered TIPS is an effective treatment for secondary preventing variceal rebleeding in cirrhotic patients with high risks.European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Article
- Spastic paraparesis associated with advanced liver cirrhosis: a condition obscure in terms of treatment and prognosis.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Spontaneous portosystemic shunts in liver cirrhosis: new approaches to an old problem.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2020Review
- Contrast-Enhanced CT May Be a Diagnostic Alternative for Gastroesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis with and without Previous Endoscopic Variceal Therapy.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2019Article
- Portosystemic shunts and refractory hepatic encephalopathy: patient selection and current options.Hepatic medicine : evidence and research · 2019Review
- A teenage patient with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, a splenorenal shunt, and congenital hepatic fibrosis: a case report.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND This is a retrospective observational study evaluating the prevalence and clinical characteristics of spontaneous splenorenal shunt in liver cirrhosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS We included a total of 105 cirrhotic patients who were admitted to our hospital between June 2012 and December 2013 and underwent contrast-enhanced CT and/or MRI scans at admissions. Spontaneous splenorenal shunt was identified. Clinical and laboratory data were compared between cirrhotic patients with and without spontaneous splenorenal shunt. RESULTS The prevalence of spontaneous splenorenal shunt was 10.5% (11/105). The prevalence of hepatic encephalopathy was higher in patients with spontaneous splenorenal shunt than in those without spontaneous splenorenal shunt (18.2% vs. 4.3%, p=0.062), but the difference between them was not statistically significant. The prevalence of acute upper-gastrointestinal bleeding was lower in patients with spontaneous splenorenal shunt than in those without spontaneous splenorenal shunt (0% vs. 18.1%, p=0.205), but the difference between them was not statistically significant. Patients with spontaneous splenorenal shunt had significantly higher Child-Pugh scores (9.50±1.65 vs. 7.43±2.02, p=0.002) and MELD scores (11.26±7.29 vs. 5.67±6.83, p=0.017) than those without spontaneous splenorenal shunt. In-hospital mortality was similar between them (0% vs. 4.3%, p=1.000). CONCLUSIONS Spontaneous splenorenal shunt might be associated with worse liver function in liver cirrhosis, but not with in-hospital mortality.
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