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Table 8 Post-procedure complications in the study group

From: Role of partial splenic artery embolization in corpuscular correction in cirrhotic patients before anti-viral therapy: a recent update study among Egyptian patients

Complications

Number of patients

Percentage (%)

1- Minor complications

Post-embolization syndrome

30

100

 

Ascites

6

20

 

Pneumonia

2

6.7

 

PV thrombosis

1

3.3

 

SV thrombosis

3

10

2- Major complications

Encephalopathy

3

10

 

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

1

3.3

 

Splenic abscess or rupture

0

0