Management of Bleeding in Extrahepatic Portal Venous Obstruction

Table 2

Outcomes of different shunt surgeries in EHPVO.

Author (yr)	Type of shunt performed	No. of patients	Shunt patency (%)	Rebleed (%)	Encephalopathy (%)	Operative mortality (%)	Follow up period	Survival
Mitra et al. (1993) [8]	Side-side lienorenal shunt (SSLR)	81	84	11	Nil	Nil	54 months	100%
Prasad et al. (1994) [9]	Proximal splenorenal shunt (PSRS)	160	NA	11	Nil	1.9	Up to 15 yrs	95% at 15 yrs
Orloff et al. (1994) [10]	PSRS, SSLR, and mesocaval shunt	162	98	2	Nil	Nil	Up to 35 yrs	96% at 10 yr
Rao et al. (2004) [11]	SSLR, PSRS	20	95	Nil	Nil	NA	3–5 yrs	95%
Warren et al. (1988) [12]	Distal splenorenal shunt	25	96	12	Nil	Nil	60 months	96%
Superina et al. (2006) [13]	Rex shunt	34	95	NA	Nil	NA	Up to 7 yrs	100%
Sharif et al. (2010) [14]	Rex shunt	24	96	2	NA	Nil	5.3–8.8 yrs	NA

NA: not available.