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, Kaj Johansen
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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 ...
E Vibert, D Cherqui, Antonio Så Cunha
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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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Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived [PDF]
, 2012 In the last two decades, laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of surgery. Many procedures previously performed with an open access are now routinely carried out with the laparoscopic approach.
Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo +9 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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In dogs undergoing extrahepatic portosystemic shunt attenuation, does pretreatment with levetiracetam reduce postoperative seizure incidence? [PDF]
, 2022 PICO question In dogs undergoing surgical attenuation of a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt, does pretreatment with levetiracetam reduce the incidence of post attenuation seizures?
Connor Hawes, Kali Lazzerini
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Pancreatic hormones and amino acid levels following liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1987 Glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, peripheral insulin resistance and hyperglucagonemia are common in patients with advanced liver disease. These abnormalities in the plasma levels of the pancreatic hormones, insulin and glucagon have been thought to ...
Chisholm +32 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]
, 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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Epsilon-aminocaproic acid for treatment of fibrinolysis during liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1987 In 97 adult patients receiving liver transplants, the coagulation system was monitored by thrombelastography and by coagulation profile including PT; a PTT; platelet count; level of factors I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII; fibrin degradation ...
Bontempo, FA +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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