Torulopsis glabrata fungemia developed in a patient with a clotted transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) 11 months after placement. Fungemia persisted despite treatment with amphotericin B. On autopsy, T. glabrata was found in the thrombus occluding the TIPS and extending into the spl
Biliary obstruction as a complication of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
โ Scribed by Doris Duller; Daniela Kniepeiss; Carolin Lackner; Rupert H. Portugaller; Estrella Jakoby; Silvia Schaffellner; Philipp Stiegler; Kahn Judith; Helmut Mueller; Regina Roller; Karl Heinz Tscheliessnigg; Florian Iberer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21608
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jects. However, it is self-limited and rarely requires SEE EDITORIAL ON PAGE 177. intervention. Potential mechanisms of such hemolysis are discussed. TIPS is also not recommended as a means of improving platelet counts in patients with Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) severe hyp
For more than 20 years, placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has been a first-line treatment option for portal hypertension in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. It has been used in the management of complications such as variceal bleeding and refractory ascites. [
Portosystemic encephalopathy is a common complication of surgical portacaval shunts. Recently, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts have been proposed to produce portal decompression in a manner analogous to a side-to-side portacaval shunt, but with less morbidity. The incidence and clinic