Open Access<p>Severe Complications After Splenic Artery Embolization for Portal Hypertension Due to Hepatic Cirrhosis</p>
Author(s) -
Lei Zhang,
Zhanguo Zhang,
Xin Long,
Fei-Long Liu,
Wanguang Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s234628
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , medicine , portal hypertension , splenic artery , embolization , hepatic artery embolization , gastroenterology , artery , cardiology , radiology
Splenomegaly/hypersplenism is one of the most common complications of portal hypertension. Splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been increasingly used for treatment of splenomegaly/hypersplenism. However, few studies focused on the severe complications after embolization. In this paper, we reported 16 cases of severe complications after SAE for portal hypertension.