23 August 2022>: Original Paper
Management of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts in 231 Patients Who Underwent Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center in Nagasaki, Japan
Takashi Hamada ABCDEF , Masaaki Hidaka ACDEF* , Akihiko Soyama ACDF , Takanobu Hara ADF , Hajime Imamura ADF , Hajime Matsushima ADF , Takayuki Tanaka ADF , Tomohiko Adachi ADF , Kengo Kanetaka DF , Susumu Eguchi ADFDOI: 10.12659/AOT.936371
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e936371
Figure 2 Overall survival of patients with spontaneous portosystemic shunts (SPSS) in ligation and non-ligation groupsThe overall survival rate at 1, 3, and 5 years were 80%, 80%, and 80%, respectively, in the ligation group, and 76%, 68%, and 55%, respectively, in the non-ligation group. This difference was not statistically significant (P=0.17).