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
ePTFE-Covered Stent-Grafts for Revision of Obstructed Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
β Scribed by Manfred Cejna; Markus Peck-Radosavljevic; Siegfried Thurnher; Maria Schoder; Thomas Rand; Bernhard Angermayr; Johannes Lammer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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longterm success of this procedure. In recently published se-Development of stenosis or occlusion of the transjuguries, rates of stenosis and occlusion 1 to 2 years after TIPSS lar intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS) is placement were on average 47% and 12%, respectively. 5,9,10 one of th
## Abstract ## Objective. This prospectively randomized controlled study aimed to assess with Doppler ultrasound (US) the shunt function of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)βcovered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) stent versus bare stent and to evaluate the usefulness o