MesoTIPS: Combined Approach for the Treatment of Portal Hypertension Secondary to Portal Vein Thrombosis – A Brief Report

Introduction: We describe a technique we call “Meso-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (MTIPS)” for relief of portal hypertension secondary to portal vein thrombosis (PVT) using combined surgical and endovascular technique. Materials and Methods: Nine adult patients with PVT underwent tra...

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Published in:	The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology
Main Authors:	Abbas Chamsuddin, Lama Nazzal, Thomas Heffron, Osama Gaber, Raja Achou, Louis G. Martin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Subjects:	meso-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt portal hypertension portal vein thrombosis transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1728964