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29 November 2021: Clinical Research

Combined Use of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt and Transarterial Chemoembolization in the Treatment of Esophageal and Gastric Variceal Bleeding: A Retrospective Study of 80 Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Hypertension

Xinhua Zou AB , Miao Xue BCDE , Jiaping Li EFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934436

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e934436

Table 6 Comparison of biochemical indices between groups.

IndicatorTIPS+TACE (n=42)tEndoscopy+TACE (n=38)t
Pre-treatmentAfter treatmentPre-treatmentAfter treatment
PLT (×10/L)37.72±8.66110.07±18.72−45.510* 41.12±8.4590.65±17.72−32.934*
PT (s)16.25±1.9211.51±1.7887.320* 16.05±2.0214.59±1.7028.300*
TBIL (μmol/L)40.68±4.1741.52±3.80−9.434* 41.92±6.1747.61±4.42−11.855*
ALB (g/L)30.48±2.1931.13±2.85−3.189* 29.83±2.7629.92±3.19−0.869
ALT (IU/L)82.74±11.9938.17±9.1786.722* 80.14±13.1575.73±14.4917.936*
CHE (IU/L)2319.39±186.72746.02±275.60−31.081* 2288.76±220.502339.87±227.56−40.994*
AFP (μg/L)655.34±219.90203.96±63.5113.948* 634.01±189.16356.17±52.769.544*
NH (μg/L)28.50±11.6434.38±11.89−34.021* 27.54±7.3632.17±10.52−7.661*
* P
PLT – platelets; PT – prothrombin time; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; TBIL – total bilirubin; ALB – albumin; AFP – alpha-fetoprotein; CHE – cholinesterase; TIPS – transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; TACE – transarterial chemoembolization. Results are presented as mean±SD.

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