Recognized predisposing factors include cirrhosis and hepatic trauma but these are present in only a minority of patients. In the majority, some shunts appear to be congenital in origin while ...

Acquired Shunts: These develop over time and often occur due to liver disease or other underlying conditions. Often it is ...

The Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score and Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD ... risk of patients with cirrhosis for portal-systemic shunt surgery. It consists of three laboratory parameters ...

Proposed in the early 1980s as a solution for managing complications of portal hypertension, the percutaneous creation of ...

Breeds at a higher risk of congenital PSS include: Acquired shunts, on the other hand, develop later in life and are often secondary to liver disease, such as cirrhosis, which increases pressure in ...

A recent study compared endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue injection with the insertion of a transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt ... of end-stage liver disease, which is associated with ...