The present study suggests that: (i) spleen volume is significantly related to PHG severity; and (ii) laparoscopic splenectomy is one of the effective therapies for PHG in patients with liver ...

Twenty-five patients with hypersplenism caused by portal hypertension were treated by repeated partial splenic embolization ... year because of the underlying liver disease.

Splenic venous hypertension (SVH), also known as left-sided portal hypertension, is a rare condition characterized by upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in the absence of liver disease.

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

This state is called portal hypertension ... vein is the main blood vessel carrying blood to the liver from the stomach, ...

which shows that the drug decreases portal hypertension and improves liver perfusion in patients with cirrhosis. Complications of portal hypertension include the development of esophageal varices ...