Management of Gastric Varices Unsuccessfully Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: Long-Term Follow-Up and Outcomes
Table 3
Changes in hepatic functions.
PTO
Combined PTO and BRTO
Before
After
Before
After
Hepatic function
Serum albumin (g/dL)
2.6–3.9 (3.4)
2.8–4.0 (3.3)
0.0873
2.2–3.3 (3.1)
2.8–3.7 (3.1)
0.481
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)
1.0–3.8 (1.8)
0.8–2.6 (1.7)
0.391
0.6–3.1 (1.4)
0.6–2.8 (1.2)
0.238
Prothrombin time (%)
47.1–87.1 (62.5)
52.5–85.7 (62.8)
0.472
42.1–71.4 (53.8)
57.8–88.4 (71.0)
0.0162
Ammonia (µg/dL)
27–276 (127.5)
23–66 (45.8)
0.0459
56–121 (87.5)
33–63 (48.8)
0.00154
Encephalopathy
4
0
—
1
0
—
Child-Pugh classification
A/B/C
2/2/2
2/4/0
0.159**
1/5/1
2/5/0
0.207**
Between before and after PTO, hepatic function data were analyzed using the paired -test.
**Between before and after PTO, Child-Pugh classification was analyzed using the Wilcoxon -test.
