scholarly journals Total Remnant Pancreatectomy with Splenectomy for Variceal Hemorrhage from the Pancreatojejunal Anastomosis Caused by Sinistral Portal Hypertension after Pancreatoduodenectomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 712-721
Author(s):  
Takuya Minagawa ◽  
Teiichi Sugiura ◽  
Yukiyasu Okamura ◽  
Takaaki Ito ◽  
Yusuke Yamamoto ◽  
...  
2018 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 027-036
Author(s):  
Bibin Sebastian ◽  
Soumil Singhal ◽  
Rohit Madhurkar ◽  
Arun Alex ◽  
M. Uthappa

AbstractSinistral or left-sided portal hypertension is a localized form of portal hypertension usually due to isolated obstruction of splenic vein. Most commonly, it is secondary to pancreatitis. Rarely this can present as life-threatening gastric variceal bleeding. In such patients, splenectomy is traditionally considered as the treatment of choice to relieve venous hypertension. Unfortunately, a surgical operation may not be safe in most of the patients because of the unfavorable operative field. Splenic artery embolization (SAE) is an effective method, theoretically akin to splenectomy, blocking the direct arterial inflow to the spleen and thereby reducing the outflow venous pressure. The authors demonstrate a case of a 58-year-old man who presented with severe gastric variceal hemorrhage due to sinistral portal hypertension (SPH) secondary to an episode of pancreatitis, which he had 1 month back. He was successfully managed by SAE and remains symptom-free. The authors bring to the fore the potential curability of gastric variceal hemorrhage secondary to SPH using SAE, which is a safe and effective interventional radiologic procedure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. S1475-S1476
Author(s):  
Luis Gil ◽  
Andrew Dam ◽  
Alok Shrestha ◽  
Humberto J. Rios ◽  
Andrew Shenouda ◽  
...  

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Abraham ◽  
Shreyans Doshi ◽  
Mohammad Maysara Asfari ◽  
John Erikson L Yap ◽  
H. Gregory Bowers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 079-085
Author(s):  
Harriet Grout-Smith ◽  
Ozbil Dumenci ◽  
N. Paul Tait ◽  
Ali Alsafi

Abstract Objectives Sinistral portal hypertension (SPH) is caused by increased pressure on the left portal system secondary to splenic vein stenosis or occlusion and may lead to gastric varices. The definitive management of SPH is splenectomy, but this is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in the acute setting. In this systematic review, we investigated the efficacy and safety of splenic artery embolisation (SAE) in managing refractory variceal bleeding in patients with SPH. Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted using MEDLINE and Embase databases. A qualitative analysis was chosen due to heterogeneity of the studies. Results Our search yielded 339 articles, 278 of which were unique. After initial screening, 16 articles relevant to our search remained for full text review. Of these, 7 were included in the systematic review. All 7 papers were observational, 6 were retrospective. Between them they described 29 SAE procedures to control variceal bleeding. The technical success rate was 100% and there were no cases of rebleeding during follow up. The most common complication was post-embolisation syndrome. Four major complications occurred, two resulting in death. These deaths were the only 30-day mortalities recorded and were in patients with extensive comorbidities. Conclusions Although there is a distinct lack of randomized controlled studies comparing SAE to other treatment modalities, it appears to be safe and effective in treating hemorrhage secondary to SPH.


2015 ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Jaime Bosch ◽  
Gennaro D�Amico ◽  
Faust Feu ◽  
Angelo Luca ◽  
Juan C. Garc�a-Pag�n ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Changchun Liu ◽  
Sizhe Chen ◽  
Xinwen Yan ◽  
Yi Xiang ◽  
Jialiang Hui ◽  
...  

Background: Portal vein velocity (PVV) has shown reasonable correlation with the presence of portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis. This study aims to evaluate the value of PVV for diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and predicting the risk of variceal hemorrhage (VH) in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis. Material and Methods: A cohort of 166 consecutive adult patients with HBV-related cirrhosis was recruited in this retrospective study from two high-volume liver centers in China between April 2015 and April 2017. The performance of PVV and other non-invasive parameters for diagnosing CSPH and predicting risk of VH were studied. Results: PVV demonstrated the best performance for diagnosing CSPH (defined as an HVPG ≥10 mmHg) in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis among the included noninvasive predictors with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), specificity, and sensitivity of 0.745, 50%, and 93.5%, respectively. Other noninvasive markers, including APRI, AAR, LS, FIB-4, and diameter of portal vein, did not show sufficient performance with the AUCs of 0.565, 0.560, 0.544, 0.529, and 0.474, respectively. With regard to predicting the risk of VH (defined as an HVPG ≥12 mmHg), PPV also exhibited a moderate performance with an AUC of 0.762, which was superior to that of the aforementioned markers. By using two cutoff values of PVV to rule-out (11.65 cm/s) and rule-in (20.20 cm/s) CSPH, 30 (33.7%) patients showed definite results categories, with 23 (76.7%) patients were well classified and 7 (23.3%) were misclassified. Fifty-nine (66.3%) patients were with indeterminate results. By using PVV values of 13.10 cm/s and 21.40 cm/s to rule-out and rule-in HVPG ≥ 12mmHg, 34 (38.2%) patients has definite results, among whom 26 (76.5%) were well classified and 8 (23.5%) were misclassified. And 55 (61.8%) patients required further evaluation. Conclusion: PPV is not good enough to serve as a non-invasive parameter for identifying CSPH and predicting risk of VH in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Yusri Dianne Jurnalis ◽  
Yorva Sayoeti ◽  
Marlinda Marlinda

Variceal bleeding is the most common cause of serious upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in children. Most variceal bleeding is esophageal.1 Hemorrhages from esophageal varices due to portal hypertension are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. There is a 30% mortality rate following an initial episode of variceal hematemesis. Mortality increases to 70% with recurrent variceal hemorrhage. Moreover, the one year survival rate after variceal hemorrhage is often poor (32 to 80%).2-4 We report a case of esophageal varices rupture caused by portal hypertension, an emergent case in the Pediatric Gastrohepatology division.


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