Clinical and Imaging Predictors of Surgical Splenorenal Shunt Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Andrew WoernerEric J Monroe

Abstract

Few established criteria exist to prompt angiographic evaluation and intervention for surgically created splenorenal shunts (SRS). Clinical and Doppler ultrasound (DUS) imaging predictors of shunt dysfunction were evaluated in this retrospective study. Consecutive patients undergoing SRS angiography over a 10-year period were retrospectively identified. Preangiography platelet count and DUS measurements of spleen diameter, maximum splenic vein velocity, and maximum shunt velocity were assessed and compared to findings at subsequent catheter angiography. Twenty-six SRS angiograms were performed in 16 patients. Two of the 26 procedures were excluded from analysis due to insufficient baseline preangiography clinical and DUS data. In the remaining 24 cases, significant stenosis/occlusion was confirmed at angiography in 20, whereas wide patency was seen in 4. For the 20 cases of angiographically confirmed significant stenosis/occlusion, when compared to baseline post-SRS creation to immediate preangiography evaluation there was a greater decrease in platelet count (-51.8% vs -19.4%), a greater increase in spleen diameter (+13.4% vs +3.7%), a greater increase in maximum shunt velocity (+74.7% vs +59.7%), and a greater decrease in spl...Continue Reading

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