Proposed in the early 1980s as a solution for managing complications of portal hypertension, the percutaneous creation of ...
In the 1990s radiologists added to the useful treatment options for bleeding from portal hypertension, with the development of the nonsurgical transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).
Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...
A recent study compared endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue injection with the insertion of a transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt ... in patients with portal hypertension without cirrhosis.
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