Research updates on the mechanism and preogress of portal vein thrombosis prevention after splenectomy and esophagogastric devascularization / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

At present,splenectomy and extensive esophagogastric devascularization is one of the effective treatments for relieving hypersplenism in patients with cirrhosis,relieving portal hypertension,and reducing upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by rupture of esophagogastric varices.However,portal vein thrombosis is one of the most common serious complications of splenectomy and devascularization in patients with cirrhosis.Because of its high incidence and mortality of PVT,it has become the focus of disputes in the surgical field.In recent years,with the improvement of medical technology,many domestic and foreign scholars have conducted high-quality researches on the prevention of PVT in the perioperative period of splenectomy and devascularization.This paper summarized the research progress during recent years in combination with relevant literature.