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Selective Variceal Decompression: Current Status [PDF]
HPB Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, Page 365-370, 1998., 1991 Since its introduction into clinical practice in 1967, selective variceal decompression by means of a distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS) has become one of the more commonly performed portal-systemic shunting procedures in the treatment of variceal ...
Jin, Gongliang, Rikkers, Layton F.
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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Shunt vs Surgical Shunt in Good-Risk Cirrhotic Patients [PDF]
Archives of Surgery, 2001 In good-risk patients with variceal bleeding undergoing portal decompression, surgical shunt is more effective, more durable, and less costly than angiographic shunt (transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunt [TIPS]).Retrospective case-control study.Academic referral center for liver disease.Patients with Child-Pugh class A or B cirrhosis with at ...
W. Scott Helton +3 more
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British Journal of Surgery, 2017 Abstract Background Transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic stent shunt (TIPSS), instead of surgical shunt, has become the standard treatment for patients with complicated portal hypertension. This study compared outcomes in patients who underwent TIPSS or surgical shunting for complicated portal ...
Marc-Antoine Allard +10 more
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Are TIPS Tops in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension? A Review on the Use and Misuse of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 14, Issue D, Page 122D-128D, 2000., 2000 Complications of portal hypertension are the Achilles heel of end-stage liver disease. Although initially developed in the 1960s, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) have recently gained popularity for decompressing the portal vein in ...
Arun J Sanyal, Richard K Sterling
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The American Surgeon™, 2010 Surgical shunting was the mainstay in treating portal hypertension for years. Recently, trans-jugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunting (TIPS) has replaced surgical shunting, first as a “bridge” to transplantation and ultimately as first-line therapy for bleeding varices.
Sam Al-Saadi +7 more
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International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2023 Plug-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration has been recognized as a safe and effective treatment modality for patients with gastric variceal bleeding.
Trong Binh Le +6 more
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Liver transplantation in patients with previous portasystemic shunt [PDF]
, 1990 Over a 9-year period, 58 patients who had previous portasystemic shunt procedures underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx) under a cyclosporine-steroid immunosuppressive regimen.
Makowka, L +5 more
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Hepatic and renal metabolism before and after portasystemic shunts in patients with cirrhosis.
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1985 Hepatic cirrhosis with portal hypertension and gastroesophageal hemorrhage is a disease complex that continues to be treated by surgical portasystemic shunts. Whether or not a reduction or diversion of portal blood flow to the liver adversely affects the
O. Owen +6 more
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Distal Splenorenal Shunt for Portal Vein Thrombosis after Liver Transplantation [PDF]
, 1989 A 17‐yr‐oId female received a liver transplant for type I glycogen storage disease. A year later, when she experienced variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage, an angiogram revealed thrombosis of the portal vein with hepatopetal collateral channels.
Esquivel, CO +6 more
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Primary prevention and management of variceal bleeding: Review of Historical Evidence [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Prevention and control of active bleeding caused by portal hypertension is still a challenge. Surgery used to be the only option in the earlier days, but now many options exist.
Suliman, MOM
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