[TIPS - Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. A review].
Carreiro G, da Luz Moreira A, Murad FF, Azevedo F, Coelho HS.
Carreiro G, et al.
Arq Gastroenterol. 2001 Jan-Mar;38(1):69-80. doi: 10.1590/s0004-28032001000100013.
Arq Gastroenterol. 2001.
PMID: 11586999
Review.
Portuguese.
We will review the main medical publications on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), a procedure seldom used among us. TIPS works as a portocaval side-to-side shunt and decreases the risk of esophageal bleeding through lowering of the portal system pressur …
We will review the main medical publications on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), a procedure seldom used among us. TIPS …