title: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in the management of variceal hemorrhage.
abstract: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement is a new non-operative therapeutic procedure used by interventional radiologists to manage patients with variceal hemorrhage who are unresponsive to medical treatment. This procedure offers an alternative to surgical shunt procedures with a much lower morbidity and mortality and has a high success rate in controlling bleeding. The early experience at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Associates, Little Rock.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Satre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015607:Stents