Management of Budd-Chiari: a single-center experience of 280 cases
Objective:
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare and life-threatening disorder secondary to hepatic venous outflow obstruction. How to manage this complex disease has haunted many surgeons. The aim of this study is to investigate the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome in our hospital.
Methods:
The clinical data of 280 BCS patients were analyzed retrospectively in our hospital between July 2000 and March 2013.
Results:
The total effective rate was 90% (252/280). The rate of mortality was 7.14% (20/280), the rate of complication was 17.14% (48/280). We carried out followup in 198 cases from 6 months to 10 years, the rate of recurrence was 6.07% (12/198).
Conclusions:
Treatment of BCS need to get a corrective diagnosis and classification at first, then select corrective methods of treatment based on different pathological change of IVC and main hepatic vein.
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