Clinical Study
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 () | No () | 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 (×104 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 |
|
|