Host Immunological Effects of Partial Splenic Embolization in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 2

Changes of various parameters before and after 4 weeks of PSE.

	Pre-PSE	Post-PSE
Ammonia (mg/dl)	82.1 ± 94	51.0 ± 43	0.1140
Total bilirubin (g/dl)	1.5 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 1.2	0.6130
Direct bilirubin (g/dl)	0.6 ± 0.5	0.7 ± 0.9	0.2650
Albumin (mg/dl)	3.2 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.6	0.1050
AST (IU/l)	52.1 ± 30	58.3 ± 44	0.3890
ALT (IU/l)	34.8 ± 27	32.5 ± 28	0.0890
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	130.2 ± 30	127.4 ± 21	0.9650
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)	16.6 ± 8	15.0 ± 6	0.1050
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.8 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 0.2	0.1300
Prothrombin time (%)	65.8 ± 14	69.7 ± 13	0.013
White blood cell (/mm^3)	2945.4 ± 1471	4704.6 ± 1730	0.001
Segment (/mm^3)	1791.2 ± 954	2809.3 ± 912	0.009
Lymphocyte (/mm^3)	607.2 ± 215	1038.0 ± 451	0.006
Monocyte (/mm^3)	245.9 ± 70	440.9 ± 103	0.001
Platelets (×10^4/mm^3)	4.32 ± 1.5	8.95 ± 5.0	0.001
AFP (ng/ml)	2561.3 ± 5704	19806.0 ± 39533	0.0679
AFP-L3 (%)	19.3 ± 22	26.2 ± 31	0.1088
DCP (AU/ml)	325.2 ± 677	364.5 ± 490	1.0000
Child-Pugh score	7.6 ± 1.9	7.4 ± 1.9	0.4174

PSE: partial splenic embolization; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; DCP: des-gamma carboxyprothrombin. Statistically different compared with Wilcoxon’s signed-rank sum test.