Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: A promising therapy for recompensation in cirrhotic patients

Ya-Ni Jin; Wei Zhang

doi:10.3748/wjg.v30.i16.2285

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: A promising therapy for recompensation in cirrhotic patients

World J Gastroenterol. 2024 Apr 28;30(16):2285-2286. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i16.2285.

Authors

Ya-Ni Jin¹, Wei Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China. kimmysai@126.com.

Abstract

This is a retrospective study focused on recompensation after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure. The authors confirmed TIPS could be a treatment for recompensation of patients with cirrhosis according to Baveno VII. The paper identified age and post-TIPS portal pressure gradient as independent predictors of recompensation in patients with decompensated cirrhosis after TIPS. These results need to be validated in a larger prospective cohort.

Keywords: Baveno VII; Cirrhosis recompensation; Portal pressure gradient; Predictor factor; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Female
Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy / surgery
Humans
Hypertension, Portal* / diagnosis
Hypertension, Portal* / etiology
Hypertension, Portal* / physiopathology
Hypertension, Portal* / surgery
Liver Cirrhosis* / complications
Liver Cirrhosis* / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Portal Pressure*
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic* / methods
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome