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CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages 936-946Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.06.013
Keywords
Cirrhosis; Portal Hypertension; Wallstents; Variceal Hemorrhage; Ascites; Encephalopathy; TIPS
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- National Institutes of Health [T32DK007150]
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) decompresses the portal venous system. TIPS has been used to manage the complications of portal hypertension in cirrhosis, including variceal hemorrhage and refractory ascites. The uncoated TIPS stents are limited by stent stenosis; however, the introduction of coated stents has decreased this. With the introduction of coated stents, we must reevaluate the utility of TIPS in the management of complications of portal hypertension.
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