Portosystemic shunts (PSS) are abnormal blood vessels ... although some cases required conversion to open surgery due to complications[2]. This highlights the importance of surgical skill and ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

The CTP score was developed as a means of stratifying preoperative risk of patients with cirrhosis for portal-systemic shunt surgery ... transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS ...

Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...

With the development of tube shunt surgery, also known as AH shunt surgery, glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery and glaucoma drainage implantation (GDI), various types of drainage implants have ...

Recovery from your gastric bypass surgery takes about three to six weeks. That said, your "real" recovery lasts a lifetime. This is because right after surgery you must adopt strict eating and ...

A blood thinner is a medication that is used to prevent or treat blood clots. Blood thinners are commonly used in conjunction with surgery when the risk for blood clots is heightened. They may be ...

Patients Patients surviving after Fontan surgery and evaluated at Boston Children's Hospital between 1993 and 2008 ... which combines a bidirectional Glenn shunt with rerouting of the inferior vena ...

The case reported below was shown to be caused by congenital intrahepatic portal–systemic shunts. N.F. (C ... From the departments of Neurology and Surgery, Columbia University College of ...

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