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Improved Survival with Coated TIPS

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are implanted in patients with liver cirrhosis to reduce portal pressure. Indications for TIPS use include uncontrolled variceal bleeding or ...
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TIPS in Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients Linked to Acute Kidney Injury: Study

China: A retrospective cohort study published in BMC Nephrology has highlighted that acute kidney injury (AKI) is a ...
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Freiburg Index Accurately Predicts Survival in Liver Procedure

A new prognostic score is more accurate than the commonly used Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) in predicting post–transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) survival, researchers ...
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt plus sequential systemic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus-related symptomatic portal hypertension ...

Liver regeneration after radiotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A simple-to-use model and nomogram. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...
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Effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt on renal and pulmonary function in hepatic decompensation with and without hepatorenal and hepatopulmonary syndromes

The progressive worsening of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (HTN) decreases intra-hepatic nitric oxide (NO), which is counterbalanced by increased NO secretion from adjacent endothelial cells ...