Table 1 Patient, pre-interventional and procedural characteristics

Patient characteristics

 Number of patients

24

 Age (years)

56 (29;71)

 Gender (male / female)

11 / 13

 Liver disease (cirrhotic / non-cirrhotic)

15 / 9

  Ethyltoxic liver cirrhosis

8

  Cryptogenic liver cirrhosis

1

  Liver fibrosis

1

  SCC

1

  Post-LTx

1

  PVT

4

  CTPV

3

  CCC

3

  PCA

1

  FNH

1

Pre-interventional characteristics

 Number of interventions

26

 MELD

9 (6;25)

 INR

1.15 (0.86;1.51)

 aPTT (s)

33 (26;52)

 PLT (1*100/uL)

88 (31;273)

 Anti-aggregation or -coagulation pre-interventionally (no. of patients)

10

 Transfusion pre-interventionally (no. of patients)

7

 Ascites pre-interventionally (present / none)

20 / 6

 Spleen diameter (cm)

17 (10;25)

Procedural characteristics

 Number of interventions

26

 Indication

  TIPS placement*

16

  TIPS revision

2

  PVS

5^

  VE

3°

 Splenic access success rate (successful / unsuccessful)

26 / 0

 Interventional success rate (successful / unsuccessful)

22 / 4

 Splenic access time (min)

33 (10;133)

 Total procedure time (min)

208 (110;429)

 Splenic access route (subcostal / intercostal)

11 / 15

 Sheath size (F)

4 (4;8)

 No. of gelfoam cubes

2 (1;5)

 Clinical significant complications (no. of complications)

4