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- Title
TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunt) for the surgeon.
- Authors
Patch, D.; Dodge, G.; McCormick, P. A.; Davidson, B.; Rolles, K.; Dick, R.; Burroughs, A. K.
- Abstract
Transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunt (TIPS) is now considered as an option for the control of intractable variceal bleeding1. The high incidence of stenosis and occlusion (50 per cent significant stenosis at 6 months2) favours its use as a bridge to more definitive therapy such as surgical shunting or orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The specific difficulties presented to the surgeon by the metal stent have not been considered, although they have been reported anecdotally'. The surgical comp!ications of TIPS insertion have been reviewed.
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 1997, Vol 84, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.02486.x