Splenomegaly and hypersplenism in cirrhotic patients before and after orthotopic liver transplantation
| Autor: | Luca Marzano, Elisabetta Uslenghi, Alberto Larghi, Carlo Pozzato, Michela Quagliuolo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis Acoustics and Ultrasonics Orthotopic liver transplantation business.industry General Chemical Engineering medicine.medical_treatment Ultrasound Bioengineering Spleen Liver transplantation medicine.disease Gastroenterology Transplantation surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Doppler flowmetry Internal medicine medicine Portal hypertension Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Ultrasound. 6:43-47 |
| ISSN: | 0929-8266 |
| Popis: | Spleen length was measured by ultrasound in 15 patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension before and after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). A significant decrease was found in splenic length after OLT (from 179±32 to 149±30 mm, P=0.0001; mean percent decrease=16.7±9.9%). Hypersplenism disappeared in 9/13 cases after transplantation. Mean portal flow velocity was valued in 10/15 subjects before and after OLT. A trend towards increased mean portal flow velocity after OLT was observed (from 16.0±9.0 to 22.3±9.0 cm/s). The correlation between values of mean portal flow velocity measured before and after OLT was not significant (r=0.558, P=0.0939). The same was true for the correlation between mean portal flow velocity and spleen length measured before and after OLT. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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