Incidence of portal vein thrombosis after splenectomy and its influence on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent patency

Figure 2 Decompensative liver cirrhosis and portal vein thrombosis treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. A 67-year-old female with decompensative liver cirrhosis and portal vein thrombosis caused by Schistosoma was treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. A, B: The right lobe of the liver atrophied, and the left lobe of the liver was compensatory. Calcified hepatic portal vein, portal vein thrombosis and occlusion of the main portal vein and the collateral circulation formed; C-E: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was performed through the collateral vessels of the hepatic portal vein, which decreased the pressure of portal vein and the collateral vessels were embolized by coils (arrows).