Treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome with percutaneous transluminal angiography and expandable metallic stent / 中国普通外科杂志

Objective To study the therapeutic effect of percutaneous transluminial angiography (PTA) and expandable metal stent (EMS) on the treatment of Budd Chiari syndrome(BCS). Methods One hundred and twenty patients with BCS confirmed by color Doppler ultrasonography, inferior vena cava venography and hepatic veins venography. All the 120 patients underwent PTA and EMS. All the 120 patients were followed up for 6 to 108 months. Results The treatment results in 115 patients(95.8%) were satisfactory,and 5 cases had recurrent during follow up . Conclusions PTA with EMS is an excellent method to treat the cases of BCS with non long segment occlusion of IVC.