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. 2016 Jun 8;8(16):691–702. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v8.i16.691

Table 5.

Management and outcomes in classical Budd-Chiari syndrome and hepatic vena cava-Budd Chiari syndrome

Classical BCS
HVC-BCS
Perelló et al[40] Rautou et al[37] Raszeja-Wyszomirska et al[45] Westbrook et al[32] Harmanci et al[42] Seijo et al[11] Nozari et al[47] Pavri et al[38] De et al[23] Xu et al[41] Ebrahimi et al[46] Park et al[51] Cheng et al[13] Gao et al[49]
Country Spain France Poland United Kingdom Turkey Europe Iran United States India China Iran South Korea China China
n (%) 21 94 20 66 62 157 55 47 40 1360 21 67 145 471
Medical management 21 (100) 94 (100) 20 (100) 61 (92) 61 (98) 139 (89) 55 (100) ≥ 40 (85) 12 (57) 32 (48)
Medical management only (%)1 7 (33) 69 (54) 0 (0) 4 (3) 31 (7)
49 (71) alive
Interventional therapy 14 (67) 34 (52)5 88 (56) 10 (18) 23 (58) 1360 (100) 9 (43) 141 (97) 440 (93)
72 (82) alive 1318 alive
PTA 1 (5) 17 (18) 2 (3) in IVC 22 (14) 23 (58) 9 (43) 27 (40) 134 (92)
Shunt operation 2 (10) 32 (48.5)6 2 (4) 330 (24) 3 (14) 4 (5.9)
TIPS2 13 (62) 28 (30) 2 (10) 4 (6) 62 (39)3 2 (4) 21 (45) 3 (4.5) 12
Liver transplantation 15 (16) 10 (50) 36 (55) 0 (0)8 204 (13) 5 (9) 8 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0)12
2 (1)12
Median follow-up (in months) 5813 3813 43 17 40-739 25.212 50 32 56 81.6 103 12 19
Survival 7 (100) 12 (86) 74 (79) 15 (75) 95 (73) 65 mo10 37 (79)
At 1 yr 80% 88% 96% 37 (79) 67%7 99% 401 (94)
At 5 yr 74 (79) 56% 95 (73) 75% 86%
Mortality 1011 2 (1)
1

Medical management includes anticoagulation, diuretics, and medical treatment of any underlying causes;

2

After PTA failed;

3

Of the 22 patients who initially were treated with PTA/thrombolytics, 12 subsequently underwent TIPS and 2 underwent OLT;

4

Among the 62 patients who underwent TIPS, 4 subsequently underwent OLT;

5

Patients who failed medical management (namely anticoagulation with heparin and warfarin and diuretics) as defined by persistent transaminitis, resistant ascites or worsening hepatic function) moved on to receive stenting, shunting, or TIPS;

6

50% success rate (16/32);

7

Per study, 7 out of 21 patients died before hospital discharge;

8

No patients underwent liver transplantations due to a lack of donor availability;

9

Median follow-up post liver transplantation was 40 mo and median follow-up of patients with MPN was 73 mo;

10

Mean survival time was 65 mo;

11

10 patients died by the 5-yr follow-up period;

12

At the end of the follow-up period, 2 patients were waiting to receive OLT from another hospital;

13

Mean, not median values provided. Interventional therapy includes both endovascular and surgical procedures. OLT: Orthotopic liver transplant; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; PTA: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; BCS: Budd-Chiari syndrome; HVC: Hepatic vena cava; IVC: Inferior vena cava.