Under what circumstances does cirrhosis require surgery

Cirrhosis is a common chronic liver disease, and some patients need surgical treatment, which is the case of other complications of cirrhosis. For example, patients with cirrhosis will lead to portal hypertension, which will lead to rupture and bleeding of esophageal and gastric varices. At this time, interventional surgery can be carried out, and portal bypass is used to reduce portal hypertension, which is conducive to the recovery of gastrointestinal bleeding. Some patients have liver cancer because of the increase of alpha fetoprotein and the growth of tumor markers. At this time, interventional surgery should be given. Hepatic artery embolization can be selected to embolize the liver tumor, which is also conducive to the recovery of patients with cirrhosis. Some patients can also have a large amount of ascites. At this time, puncture surgery should be performed to release ascites to alleviate the symptoms of patients.