The use of TIPS to control bleeding caput medusae.
Two patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension had persistent bleeding from caput medusae and ascites. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) resulted in regression of the caput medusae and ascites in both cases.
Department of Clinical Radiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
J B
JB
Fitzgerald
N
N
Chalmers
G
G
Abbott
S H
SH
Lee
T W
TW
Warnes
G R
GR
Youngs
T D
TD
Wardle
D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000098:blood supply*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*