The Role of Splenectomy with Vascular Disconnection in Pediatric Patients with Hypersplenism, Portal Hypertension and Liver Disease
1 Department of Gastro-transplantation, Pediatric Hospital of CMNSXXI (IMSS), México.
2 Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital of ISSSTE, Puebla, Mexico.
3 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Hospital of CMNSXXI (IMSS), México
Citation: Pierre Jean Aurelus, Hermilo De La Cruz Yáñez, Edwin Allen Mejía Solís, Elvia Ximena Lemus Manjarrez, María Antonieta Julián Núñez, Rafael Roberto Zapata Carrión. “The Role of Splenectomy with Vascular Disconnection in Pediatric Patients with Hypersplenism, Portal Hypertension and Liver Disease”. American Research Journal of Pediatrics. 2018; 2(1): 1-8.
Abstract
Introduction: Portal hypertension and its complications are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in
pediatric Patients with cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease. Those Patients should require a threshold value of
hepatic venous pressure gradient of 10 to 12 mmHg for the development of varices. The aim of this work was
to evaluate the influence of splenectomy with disconnection of short veins of stomach by using Child-Turcotte to evaluate the influence of splenectomy with disconnection of short veins of stomach by using Child-TurcottePugh score in a small case series of four Pediatric Patients with liver disease or cirrhosis.
