Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Article Title
Treatment of Portal Hypertension with Tipss; Follow-up Studies in 9 Patients
DOI
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Abstract
An interventional procedure employing stenets metallic stents has been recently suggested to perform percutaneous portosytemic shunts in the treatment of variceal bleeding in portal hypertension; the technique is called TIPSS. The original technique employed transhepatic portography. In these paper the authors report on their personal experiences and present their series of 9 patients with portal hypertension and variceal bleeding in whom TIPSS was performed. Variceal bleeding was successfully in their patients.
First Page
571
Last Page
575
Recommended Citation
GÖRGÜL, Ahmet; KAYHAN, Burçak; DOĞAN, İbrahim; AKÇALI, Zafer; ILGIT, Erhan; and ÜNAL, Selahattin (1996) "Treatment of Portal Hypertension with Tipss; Follow-up Studies in 9 Patients," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 6, Article 10. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol26/iss6/10