Stent patency and outcome of TIPS through the left versus the right portal branches

Stent patency and outcome of TIPS through the left versus the right portal branches

Abstract Background Our purpose is to compare the stent patency and clinical outcome of trans-jugular intra-hepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS) through the left branch portal vein (TIPS-LPV) to the standard TIPS through the right branch (TIPS-RPV). We retrospectively reviewed all patients (n = 54) w...

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Main Authors: Mohamed S. Alwarraky, Hasan A. Elzohary, Mohamed A. Melegy, Anwar Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Stent patency
TIPS
Left portal vein
Encephalopathy
Re-intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00305-z

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