Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Ligation versus Endovascular Embolization for Type II Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Table 4

Clinical outcomes in the surgical and interventional group pre- and postprocedure.

Variable	Surgical group ()	Interventional group ()	value
Hemoglobin (g/L)
Preprocedure			0.46
3 months			0.08
6 months			<0.001
12 months			<0.001
36 months			0.03
Serum ammonia (μmol/L)
Preprocedure			0.12
3 months			0.003
6 months			0.01
12 months			<0.001
36 months			<0.001
Portal vein diameter (mm)
Preprocedure			0.25
3 months			0.34
6 months			0.22
12 months			0.09
36 months			0.046
Child-Pugh score
Preprocedure			0.36
3 months			0.01
6 months			0.001
12 months			<0.001
36 months			0.001