These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

Background A pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (pTIPS) reduces mortality in high-risk patients with cirrhosis (Child-Pugh C/B+active bleeding) with acute variceal bleeding (AVB ...

Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...

The case reported below was shown to be caused by congenital intrahepatic portal–systemic shunts. N.F. (C–P.M.C. 151–33–75), a 56-year-old married postal clerk, was entirely well until 2 1 ...

The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert ... therefore a portacaval or mesocaval shunt will not provide decompression, whereas a shunt from the portal or mesenteric ...

Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery is used for canine congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (CEHPSS). However, outcomes of laparoscopic surgery involving simultaneous portal vein angiography ...

Gioia and colleagues found that sarcopenia and myosteatosis greatly improved in response to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement (25). Intriguingly, SATI significantly ...

MELD score was designed for assessing the prognosis of cirrhotic patients undergoing transjugular portosystemic intrahepatic shunt (TIPS). [24] Multivariate analysis using Cox regression analysis ...