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7598487

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Management of bleeding esophageal varices due to portal hypertension has traditionally relied on endoscopic sclerotherapy and operative intervention with placement of a portosystemic shunt. Although percutaneous decompression of portal hypertension was investigated 25 years ago, it was not clinically feasible until recently. With the advent of intravascular stents, the technique of creating a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) can now be effectively applied to treat the complications of portal hypertension, including variceal hemorrhage and refractory ascites. Since its introduction in 1989, TIPS has enjoyed widespread clinical application. The initial results with this procedure are encouraging and suggest that it is an effective means of reducing the frequency of variceal hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertension. The long-term patency rate and frequency of complications, however, have not been clearly defined. Similarly, the role of TIPS in the treatment of refractory ascites, Budd-Chiari syndrome, and hepatorenal syndrome remains unclear because sufficient data do not yet exist to support its general use in these settings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0066-4219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review