- Treatment for patients who bleed from portal hypertension
- Limited by high incidence of stent stenosis or thrombosis in first year
- Effective in reduction of refractory ascites, but associated with increased hepatic encephalopathy (vs serial paracentesis)
Friday, January 29, 2010
TIPS
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
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