Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 462-467 , July 2010

Emerging issues in the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for management of portal hypertension: Time to update the guidelines?

Received 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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    Summary of the results of a RCT on the use of early TIPS in high-risk cirrhotic patients with an acute variceal bleeding [27].

    Summary of the results of a RCT on the use of early TIPS in high-risk cirrhotic patients with an acute variceal bleeding [27].

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    Cumulative two-year probability of remaining free of shunt dysfunction in cirrhotic patients treated with TIPS constructed with PTFE-covered stents and with the conventional bare stents (data in the f

    Cumulative two-year probability of remaining free of shunt dysfunction in cirrhotic patients treated with TIPS constructed with PTFE-covered stents and with the conventional bare stents (data in the figure are derived by Refs. ).

PII: S1590-8658(09)00442-3

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.11.007

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 462-467 , July 2010

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