Research of children's portal hypertension
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2014.04.016
- VernacularTitle:儿童门脉高压症研究进展
- Author:
Shichun ZHU
;
Xinnong LIU
;
Peijian ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children;
Portal hypertension;
Diagnosis;
Treatment
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2014;41(4):267-272
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Children's portal hypertension is a hemodynamic abnormalities syndrome,it refers to children with portal vein pressure exceeds 5 mmHg,or portal vein,hepatic venous pressure gradient exceeds 10 mmHg.Etiology of portal hypertension of children:portal vein obstruction,congenital hepatic fibrosis,biliary atresia.Current treatment methods are:drug treatment,varicose vein ligation or sclerosis,surgical treatment.Although the incidence of children's portal hypertension is relatively low,it can cause various serious complications,such as ascites,gastric variceal bleeding,hepatic encephalopathy and so on.To increase awareness,improve the cure rate and reduce complications,the artical will review the children's portal hypertension etiology,pathogenesis,diagnosis,and treatment progress.
