Comparison of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt dysfunction in PTFE-covered stent-grafts versus bare stents
✍ Scribed by José Barrio; Cristina Ripoll; Rafael Bañares; Antonio Echenagusia; María-Vega Catalina; Fernando Camúñez; Gonzalo Simó; Leandro Santos
- Book ID
- 116438980
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0720-048X
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a ~k l , ~ Alfred Gangl,' and Markus Peck-Radosavljevic' for the Vienna TIPS Study Group In patients with liver cirrhosis, implantation of a transjugular intrahepatic shunt (TIPS) leads to reduction of portal pressure, but not of mortality compared with other therapies. The high stenosis rates of c