Procedure-related complications in gastric variceal obturation with tissue glue

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2017; 23(43): 7746-7755
Published online Nov 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i43.7746

Table 1 Clinical features of patients with gastric varices

Clinical features	n (%)
Total number of patients	519
Male	392 (75.5)
Female	127 (24.5)
Mean age (yr)	47.9 ± 10.8
Etiology of gastric varices
HBV cirrhosis	386 (74.3)
HCV cirrhosis	21 (4.0)
Alcoholism cirrhosis	18 (3.5)
Combined cirrhosis	19 (3.7)
Cryptogenic cirrhosis	29 (5.6)
Others (PBC, Budd-Chiari syndrome, PVT, etc.)	46 (8.9)
Classification of gastric varices
GOV1	53 (10.2)
GOV2	153 (29.5)
GOV1 + GOV2	304 (58.6)
IGV1	7 (1.3)
IGV2	2 (0.4)
Child-Pugh classification
A	195 (37.6)
B	231 (44.5)
C	93 (17.9)

GOV: Gastroesophageal varices; IGV: Isolated gastric varices; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; PVT: Portal vein thrombosis. The patients in this category had portal vein thrombosis but had no primary liver diseases.

Citation: Guo YW, Miao HB, Wen ZF, Xuan JY, Zhou HX. Procedure-related complications in gastric variceal obturation with tissue glue. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(43): 7746-7755
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i43.7746