Short-Term Effects and Early Complications of Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices

Table 5

Comparison of demographic variables between the patients with and without thrombus development in the major systemic and portal vein after BRTO.

Thrombus	Yes (𝑛=7)	No (𝑛=70)	P value
Age (years)	57.4 ± 12.3	61.9 ± 12.2	0.3480
Gender			0.7937
Male	5	46
Female	2	24
Timing of treatment			0.7175
Emergency cases	1	14
Prophylactic cases	6	56
Etiology			0.6666
Viral infection	3	36
No viral infection	4	34
Serum albumin (g/dL)	2.8 ± 0.49	3.27 ± 0.59	0.0566
Serum total bilirubin; (mg/dL)	1.34 ± 0.59	1.25 ± 0.73	0.7470
Prothrombin time (%)	65.57 ± 13.55	73.44 ± 13.06	0.1370
Platelets (×10^4 μL)	9.48 ± 2.43	9.12 ± 3.85	0.8062
Child-Pugh score	8.28 ± 1.70	7.10 ± 1.66	0.0873
Hepatocellular carcinoma			0.9704
Present	3	27
Absent	4	43
CT findings
Ascites	2	24	0.7611
Pleural effusion	4	27	0.3479