Treatment of Refractory Ascites Using Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) (A Caution)
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 42 (1) , 161-166
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018861827399
Abstract
Ascites becomes refractory to medical treatmentin nearly 10% of cirrhotic patients, who then requirerepeated large-volume paracentesis. In this prospectivestudy we evaluated the use of transjugular...Keywords
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