Endoscopic therapy is the mature treatment of gastroesophageal variceal haemorrhage and PSE is an effective method for treatment of the hypersplenism and portal hypertension. Existing researches show that endoscopic therapy + PSE is more effective than endoscopic therapy alone in prevention of esophageal varices bleeding recurrence in the patients with liver cirrhosis. However, there is few articles which proved long-term effectiveness of endoscopic therapy + PSE, it needs further research on this issue. This study compares the efficiency of partial splenic embolization +endoscopic therapy with endoscopic therapy alone in the treatment of gastroesophageal variceal haemorrhage accompanied with splenomegaly or hypersplenism in the patients with hepatocirrhosis and portal hypertension.
