Selective detoxication of the portal vein blood in toxic hepatopathy in patients with peritonitis

: Selective detoxication of the blood from the portal vein was carried out in 31 patients with peritonitis complicated by multiple organ dysfunction including toxic hepatopathy. Selective extracorporeal detoxication of the blood from the portal vein possesses notable regional hemodynamic advantages in comparison with other variants of vascular approaches and essentially improves the transhepatic bloodflow. The authors emphasize that bifiltration cascade exchange portoplasmapheresis is a method of choice in severe toxic hepatopathy in patients with peritonitis. They recommend alternating bifiltration cascade exchange portoplasmapheresis with portohemofiltration in patients with toxic hepatonephropathy.