With the recent development of venous-shunt surgery for the relief of portal hypertension a relatively large group of such patients have become available for study. This report represents ten ...

IN the course of chronic liver disease the development of portal hypertension and the subsequent ... can be caused by extensive portal–systemic shunting in the absence of parenchymal liver ...

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 (PHT) is a severe complication ... or procedures like a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). While SSM is promising, further research is needed to confirm ...

A recent study compared endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue injection with the insertion of a transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt ... in patients with portal hypertension without cirrhosis.

The TIPS procedure involves the creation of a shunt between the portal vein and a hepatic vein, effectively reducing portal hypertension. This minimally invasive procedure has shown efficacy in ...