The Portal Hypertension Clinic brings together a team of experts to care for children and teens who have or are at risk for health problems, like bleeding, due to portal hypertension. Ours is the only ...

Both cirrhosis and hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction can also manifest as ascites. Patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction usually present with bleeding from gastroesophageal ...

Diagnosis: Primary splenic lymphoma with hepatic infiltration causing portal hypertension and ascites. Management: Paracentesis, dietary sodium restriction and diuretics, splenectomy, splenorenal ...

This helps your immune system fight ... that can cause liver damage, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, or ibuprofen. You can't take these medications if you have ascites. Most people with cirrhosis ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension ... of the BSG Liver Section, representation from BASL, a nursing ...

2 The most common presentation is with ascites ... diffuse hepatic-vein thrombosis are indications for shunting. The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal ...

IISc Bengaluru scientists, in collaboration with top medical experts, have developed the Extracorporeal Bioengineered Dual Cell Liver Regeneration System (EBDLR)--a game-changing device that ...

What Is an Inflamed Liver? Inflammation is the body's way to heal an injury or damaged cells. In the liver, this injury can be caused by many things, including an infection, toxins, or the buildup ...

Over the past decade, the advent of organoid technology has provided improved models and materials for advancing research efforts. Liver organoid technology represents a novel in vitro culture system.

IISc Bengaluru scientists, in collaboration with top medical experts, have developed the Extracorporeal Bioengineered Dual Cell Liver Regeneration System (EBDLR)–a game-changing device that mimics the ...

portal hypertension and, ultimately, liver failure.1 Traditionally, cirrhosis has been dichotomised in compensated and decompensated, and the transition to decompensated cirrhosis happens when any of ...