Survived patients with liver cirrhosis

For Ryu, who lives in Lantian County suffering from cirrhosis of the liver to the Fourth Military Medical University, Tang Du Hospital, the doctor found that venous rupture, symptoms of portal hypertension are cirrhosis of the liver. The hospital to take urgent and splenic artery narrowing, distal splenorenal shunt, some splenectomy, selective portal azygos disconnection and other four kinds of surgical success of it from the “Deadline” on the pull-back. Such a surgical procedure to take four kinds of the complex ways in the treatment of rare in the country so far not been reported.

 September 10, reporters from the Fourth Military Medical University, Tang Du Hospital, learned that three years have been suffering from cirrhosis of the liver Lantian man surnamed Liu, recently went to the hospital because of serious bodily discomfort treatment, a medical examination found that splenomegaly, esophageal vein varices, there is the history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, after diagnosis of portal hypertension and cirrhosis. Jian-Guo Lu, director of general surgery hospital told reporters, Liu vein rupture, often causing fatal bleeding. Such abnormal bleeding risks of high mortality rate.

 Ryu, lost their lives at all times because of the danger, the hospital through the emergency consultations immediately after the drying up of the joint use of shunt surgery type, against their disease, doctors at the same time open its stomach omental bursa, free splenic artery, narrowed by about half of the splenic artery, adopt and selective distal splenorenal shunt devascularization, resection of part of its spleen. Jian-Guo Lu said, the stop-absorbed shunt combined with devascularization surgery, shunt the advantages of both selective shunt varicose blood vessels, but also to maintain perfusion to the liver, they are able to maintain a high portal vein pressure and maintain the portal vein blood flow, prevention of the occurrence of postoperative hepatic encephalopathy and safeguarded Ryu’s liver function, so that it successfully from the “Deadline” to “return.” At present, Liu’s condition a good recovery. This risky four kinds of surgical treatment of portal hypertension combined complex ways the disease is very rare in China so far has not been reported.

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