Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) for the prevention of variceal re-bleeding - A two decades experience.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) for the prevention of variceal re-bleeding - A two decades experience.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are used in patients with cirrhosis for the prevention of variceal rebleeding.We retrospectively evaluated re-bleeding rate, patency, mortality, and transplant-free survival (TFS) in cirrhotic patients receiving TIPS implantation for variceal ble...

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Main Authors: Theresa Bucsics, Maria Schoder, Magdalena Diermayr, Maria Feldner-Busztin, Nicolas Goeschl, David Bauer, Philipp Schwabl, Mattias Mandorfer, Bernhard Angermayr, Manfred Cejna, Arnulf Ferlitsch, Wolfgang Sieghart, Michael Trauner, Markus Peck-Radosavljevic, Josef Karner, Franz Karnel, Thomas Reiberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5760018?pdf=render

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