Objective To explore the influence of partial splenic embolization (PSE) on the factors related to alimentary canal bleeding in hepatocirrhosis. Methods Forty-nine cases of hepatocirrhosis patient with alimentary canal bleeding were selected according to the sequence of entrance. In these patients, 28 cases were set in treatment group and the rest 21 cases were control group. Besides basic therapeutic measures PSE technique were given to the patients of treatment group, while the patients in control group received basic therapeutic measures only. And the blood routine test, prothrombin time(PT), liver function tests, B type ultrasonography and gastroscopy were conducted or observed respectively before operation and 7 days, 1 month, 6 months, 1 year after operation. Results ① days after operation, the count of blood platelets and white blood cells in peripheral blood of therapy group were higher obviously than those of control group (P