Clinical Investigation of Portal Hypertension

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Pathology of Liver Cirrhosis in Japan  (Makoto Ohbu)....Pages 3-11
 Pathological Findings for Esophageal Varices  (Masahiro Arakawa, Masayosi Kage)....Pages 13-23
 Anatomy of the Spleen and Pathology of Hypersplenism  (Masayoshi Kage, Reiichirou Kondou, Toshirou Ogata)....Pages 25-34
 Pathology of Non-cirrhotic Liver Disease  (Masayoshi Kage, Reiichirou Kondou, Jun Akiba)....Pages 35-50
Front Matter ....Pages 51-51
 Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension  (Atsushi Toyonaga)....Pages 53-69
 Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Bleeding from Esophagogastric Varices  (Kazuhiko Oho)....Pages 71-79
 Endoscopic Diagnosis of Esophagogastric Varices  (Seishu Hayashi)....Pages 81-91
 Diagnosis and Hemodynamics of Ectopic Varices  (Norihito Watanabe, Seiichiro Kojima, Shinji Takashimizu)....Pages 93-102
 The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Esophagogastric Varices  (Atsushi Irisawa, Goro Shibukawa, Ai Sato, Akane Yamabe)....Pages 103-114
 Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Liver Cirrhosis  (Yasukiyo Sumino)....Pages 115-126
 Liver and Spleen Stiffness Measurement  (Yoshihiro Furuichi, Fuminori Moriyasu)....Pages 127-135
 Portal Vein Hemodynamics: 3DCT  (Naoya Murashima, Satoshi Nakayama)....Pages 137-151
 Portal Vein Hemodynamics: MR Imaging and MR Angiography  (Satoshi Saitoh, Tatsuya Hatashi)....Pages 153-164
 Endoscopic Varicealography During Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy (EVIS)  (Fumio Chikamori, Yasuhiro Takase)....Pages 165-172
 Angiographic Evaluation of Portal Hypertension  (Shozo Hirota, Yasukazu Kako, Kaoru Kobayashi)....Pages 173-183
 The Baveno IV Workshop: European Consensus Meeting on Portal Hypertension and Comparison with Japanese Guidelines  (Naoya Murashima)....Pages 185-191
Front Matter ....Pages 193-193
 Conservative Treatment: Pharmacological Therapy  (Hisashi Hidaka)....Pages 195-202
 Conservative Treatment: Balloon Tamponade  (Masayuki Ohta, Masafumi Inomata, Seigo Kitano)....Pages 203-209
 Conservative Treatment: Nutritional Treatment  (Ryujin Endo, Yasuhiro Takikawa)....Pages 211-219
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Selection of Treatment Method  (Katsutoshi Obara)....Pages 221-234
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Obara Method  (Katsutoshi Obara)....Pages 235-244
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Kitano Method  (Masayuki Ohta, Masafumi Inomata, Seigo Kitano)....Pages 245-252
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Takase Method  (Fumio Chikamori, Yasuhiro Takase)....Pages 253-256
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Suzuki Method  (Hiroaki Suzuki, Manabu Yamamoto)....Pages 257-264
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Consolidation Method Following Ethanolamine Oleate-Aethoxysklerol Combination Therapy  (Katsutoshi Obara)....Pages 265-274
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Eradicative Endoscopic Variceal Ligation  (Shigeru Nakano, Yoshinori Igarashi)....Pages 275-280
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Bimonthly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation  (Hiroshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Makino, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Atsushi Hirakata, Junji Ueda et al.)....Pages 281-288
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Endoscopic Variceal Ligation Using a Multi-Band Ligator  (Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Naoya Murashima)....Pages 289-294
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Simultaneous Combination of Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy and Endoscopic Variceal Ligation  (Tomoharu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Shirai, Koji Aoyama, Tatsuya Noguchi)....Pages 295-299
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Combination of Endoscopic Variceal Ligation and Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy  (Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroaki Suzuki)....Pages 301-309
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Endoscopic Variceal Ligation Followed by Argon Plasma Coagulation  (Shinichi Nakamura)....Pages 311-317
 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Simultaneous Combination of Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy and Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Prevention of Recurrence  (Fumio Chikamori)....Pages 319-325
 Choice of Therapy for Gastric Variceal Bleeding: Results from a Cohort Study in Japan  (Naoya Murashima)....Pages 327-338
 Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Varices: Histoacryl Method  (Hiroaki Iwase)....Pages 339-346
 Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Varices: α-Cyanoacrylate Monomer Method  (Katsutoshi Obara)....Pages 347-357
 Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Varices: Indwelling Snare Method  (Tomoharu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Shirai, Koji Aoyama, Syunnsuke Itoh)....Pages 359-363
 Hemodynamics and Treatment of Ectopic Varices  (Katsutoshi Obara)....Pages 365-379
 Interventional Radiology: Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration  (Shozo Hirota, Kaoru Kobayashi, Koichiro Yamakado)....Pages 381-393
 Interventional Radiology: Transjugular Retrograde Obliteration  (Fumio Chikamori)....Pages 395-401
 Interventional Radiology: Percutaneous Transhepatic Obliteration and Transileocolic Obliteration  (Hiroshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Makino, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Atsushi Hirakata, Junji Ueda et al.)....Pages 403-408
 Interventional Radiology: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt  (Shozo Hirota)....Pages 409-416
 Interventional Radiology: Partial Splenic Embolization  (Nobuhiko Taniai, Hiroshi Yoshida, Eiigi Uchida)....Pages 417-427
 Surgical Treatment: Sugiura Procedure and Hassab’s Operation  (Tsuyoshi Kurokawa, Takashi Arikawa, Tsuyoshi Sano, Toshiaki Nonami)....Pages 429-437
 Surgical Treatment: Selective Shunt Surgery  (Hiroshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Makino, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Atsushi Hirakata, Junji Ueda et al.)....Pages 439-446
 Surgical Treatment: Laparoscopic Splenectomy  (Makoto Hashizume, Tomohiko Akahoshi)....Pages 447-459
Front Matter ....Pages 461-461
 Diagnosis and Endoscopic Classification of Portal Hypertensive Gastroenteropathy  (Kazuhiko Oho)....Pages 463-472
 Treatment of Portal Hypertensive Gastroenteropathy  (Kazuhiko Oho)....Pages 473-477
Front Matter ....Pages 479-479
 Diagnosis of Portal Vein Thrombosis  (Shigehiro Kokubu)....Pages 481-484
 Treatment of the Portal Vein Thrombosis  (Shigehiro Kokubu)....Pages 485-489
Front Matter ....Pages 491-491
 Diagnosis of Refractory Ascites  (Makoto Segawa, Isao Sakaida)....Pages 493-500
 Treatment of Refractory Ascites  (Makoto Segawa, Isao Sakaida)....Pages 501-508
Front Matter ....Pages 509-509
 Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (Hiroko Setoyama, Motohiko Tanaka, Yutaka Sasaki)....Pages 511-516
 Treatment of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (Hiroko Setoyama, Motohiko Tanaka, Yutaka Sasaki)....Pages 517-522
Front Matter ....Pages 523-523
 Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy  (Kei Moriya, Tadashi Namisaki, Kosuke Kaji, Hitoshi Yoshiji)....Pages 525-532
 Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy  (Kosuke Kaji, Norihisa Nishimura, Kei Moriya, Hitoshi Yoshiji)....Pages 533-541
 [Column] Portosystemic Shuntopathy: This Column Is the Postscript to Chap. 5  (Atsushi Toyonaga)....Pages 543-545
Front Matter ....Pages 547-547
 Idiopathic Portal Hypertension  (Shoichi Matsutani)....Pages 549-557
 Budd-Chiari Syndrome  (Yukio Kuniyoshi)....Pages 559-567
 Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction  (Shoichi Matsutani, Hideaki Mizumoto)....Pages 569-577
Front Matter ....Pages 579-579
 Portal Hypertension and Liver Transplantation: Current Situation in Japan and Overseas  (Junichi Kaneko, Norihiro Kokudo)....Pages 581-589
Front Matter ....Pages 591-591
 Future Prospects in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension  (Takashi Tajiri, Hiroshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Makino, Atsushi Hirakata, Junji Ueda, Hideyuki Takata et al.)....Pages 593-599