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Hepatic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: Still a major problem

✍ Scribed by Oliviero Riggio; Stefania Angeloni; Lorenzo Ridola


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
495 KB
Volume
51
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-9139

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This study was partially supported by grants UBACYT M055 (Universidad de Buenos Aires) and PICT 06-124 (Agencia Nacional de PromocioΒ΄n Cien-tΔ±Β΄fica y TecnoloΒ΄gica).


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Portosystemic encephalopathy after trans
✍ Arun J. Sanyal; Arthur M. Freedman; Mitchell L. Shiffman; Preston P. Purdum III; πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1994 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 947 KB

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