Mortality and complications in patients with portal hypertension who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) - 12 years experience

Mortality and complications in patients with portal hypertension who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) - 12 years experience

CONTEXT: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is the non-surgical treatment option with low level of morbi-mortality and possibility of accomplishment in patients with severe hepatic dysfunction which aims at decompressing the portal system treating or reducing the portal hypertensio...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Ribeiro Funes, Rita de C. M. A. da Silva, Paulo César Arroyo Jr., William José Duca, Adinaldo Adhemar Menezes da Silva, Renato Ferreira da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2012-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Derivação portossistêmica transjugular intra-hepática
Hipertensão portal
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