Study of the Impact of Hypersplenism and Splenectomy on Hepatocarcinogenesis in Patients With Posthepatitic Cirrhosis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of splenectomy coupled with portal-azygous disconnection on hepatocarcinogenesis in patients with post-hepatitic cirrhosis after hepatitis B or C virus infection by retrospective case-control study,We hope to find a new idear and method to prevent or cure HCC.

A case-control study was carried out. The factors studied include age, gender, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, ALT, AST, TBIL, ALP, GGT, Child-Pugh classification of liver function, and history of splenectomy with portal-azygous disconnection during the treatment of portal hypertension. According to the Child-Pugh classification, these cases were graded as A, B, and C. And according to the ranges of the normal reference values of the data, they were categorized into two groups including a normal group and an abnormal group.The data mainly comes from FMMU and Xi'an jiaotong university from the year of 2002 to 2012.