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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 152, Issue 4, 755-760
Copyright © 1989 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of gastroesophageal varices: results in 400 patients

C L'Hermine, P Chastanet, O Delemazure, PL Bonniere, JP Durieu, and JC Paris

Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France.

During a 7-year period, bleeding esophageal varices were treated by means of percutaneous transhepatic embolization in 400 cirrhotic patients, including 258 patients with Child's class C cirrhosis (65%) and 142 patients with Child's class B cirrhosis (35%). Embolization was performed either with bucrylate or with absolute ethanol and stainless-steel coils. Variceal hemorrhage was controlled in 245 (83%) of the 297 patients in whom percutaneous transhepatic embolization was performed as an emergency treatment. The 10-day survival rate in the series was 76%, with 97 deaths occurring shortly after the procedure as a result of recurrent bleeding or liver failure. The actuarial rate of recurrent bleeding was 55% at 6 months (38% Child's class B, 70% Child's class C) and 81% at 2 years (71% Child's class B, 90% Child's class C). One-half the cases of recurrent bleeding were easily controlled by medical treatment; 56% of these patients were still alive at 6 months (79% Child's class B, 42% Child's class C), 48% were alive at 1 year, and 26% were alive at 5 years. Results indicated that the survival rate was significantly higher (p less than .01) in Child's class B patients than in Child's class C patients during the 5-year follow-up period. The overall technical failure and complication rates were 9% and 7%, respectively, but these rates declined progressively as we gained more experience with the procedure. In this large series, transhepatic embolization was a safe, easy-to-perform, and effective treatment for the control of variceal bleeding and was somewhat more efficacious than previously reported.
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