Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: early experience with a flexible trocar/catheter system. - Concepedia

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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: early experience with a flexible trocar/catheter system.

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1993

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Manuel Maynar, Juan J. Cabrera, J. M. Pulido‐Duque, Ricardo Reyes, E Górriz, Román Rostagno, Héctor Ferral, W R Castañeda-Zúñiga

American Journal of Roentgenology

Abstract

Use of a flexible trocar/catheter system to create a TIPS is a simple, safe, and moderately reliable means of decompressing the portal vein in patients with portal hypertension.