The stent restores an open route for the bile to drain and leave the liver. Doctors may use imaging scans, such as X-rays or fluoroscopy, to check the stent is in the correct place.

How your doctor puts the stent in depends on which type of bile duct cancer you have. You don’t normally need a stent if the cancer is in the bile ducts in your liver (intrahepatic bile duct cancer).

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure for treating portal vein hypertension and other complications of liver disease. A surgeon inserts a stent ...

I’m looking for a medical miracle after my liver stent stopped working, says The Sun’s Deborah James. Vanessa Chalmers; Published: 17:36, 17 Dec 2021; Updated: 23:14, 17 Dec 2021; ...

M UMBAI: In an extremely rare and medically complex case, a 72-year-old woman was found to have a biliary stent inside her liver that had calcified into a stone-like structure after being left in ...

Targeted use of liver stents To reach this conclusion, the research group analyzed data from the International Variceal Bleeding Observational Study Group of the Baveno Cooperation, ...

Bile duct stents that stay in too long may cause complications. Experts differ on how long a bile duct stent should stay in, but most suggest removing or replacing it every 3 to 6 months.

MUMBAI: In an extremely rare and medically complex case, a 72-year-old woman was found to have a biliary stent inside her liver that had calcified into a stone-like structure after being left in ...