Research Article

Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Ligation versus Endovascular Embolization for Type II Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Table 4

Clinical outcomes in the surgical and interventional group pre- and postprocedure.

VariableSurgical group ()Interventional group () value

Hemoglobin (g/L)
 Preprocedure0.46
 3 months0.08
 6 months<0.001
 12 months<0.001
 36 months0.03
Serum ammonia (μmol/L)
 Preprocedure0.12
 3 months0.003
 6 months0.01
 12 months<0.001
 36 months<0.001
Portal vein diameter (mm)
 Preprocedure0.25
 3 months0.34
 6 months0.22
 12 months0.09
 36 months0.046
Child-Pugh score
 Preprocedure0.36
 3 months0.01
 6 months0.001
 12 months<0.001
 36 months0.001