Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Treatment of Portal Hypertension with Tipss; Follow-up Studies in 9 Patients
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.
DOI
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Keywords
Liver cirrhosis portal hypertension, variceal bleedings, transjuguler portosystemic stent shunt, TIPSS
First Page
571
Last Page
575
Recommended Citation
GÖRGÜL, A, KAYHAN, B, DOĞAN, İ, AKÇALI, Z, ILGIT, E, & ÜNAL, S (1996). Treatment of Portal Hypertension with Tipss; Follow-up Studies in 9 Patients. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 26 (6): 571-575. https://doi.org/-