A Case-Controlled Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts After Liver Transplantation.'' 1 We published the outcomes for 26 patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement for intractable ascites after liver transplanta
Intentional occlusion of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
โ Scribed by Sven Eben Rose; Michael D. Katz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 783 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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This prospective study was undertaken in 17 patients treated with 22 transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures and aimed to evaluate the nature and causes of short- and long-term shunt abnormalities. Specimens were collected after autopsy in 6 patients and after liver transplan
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
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