Portal hypertension in children

Clin Liver Dis. 1997 May;1(1):201-22, xiii. doi: 10.1016/s1089-3261(05)70264-6.

Abstract

This chapter reviews the common causes of portal hypertension in children. It specifies how the treatment strategy for portal hypertension in patients without significant hepatic dysfunction differs from the management of children with cirrhosis. It describes the application of newer treatment modalities such as TIPS and partial splenic embolization in children and reviews the current recommendations for surgical intervention in these patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / etiology
  • Ascites / therapy
  • Child
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Hypersplenism / etiology
  • Hypersplenism / therapy
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications*
  • Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Portal / therapy*
  • Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical