The Role of Splenectomy with Vascular Disconnection in Pediatric Patients with Hypersplenism, Portal Hypertension and Liver Disease
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.
