TIPS creation in a patient with situs inversus totalis.
We describe the successful creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in a patient with complete situs inversus using a simple modification of the standard TIPS technique.
Department of Radiology (Division of Interventional Radiology), Charles University Hospital, Sokolská 408, CZ-500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. chovanec@fnhk.cz
Vendelín
V
Chovanec
Antonín
A
Krajina
Mirek
M
Lojík
Petr
P
Hůlek
Tomás
T
Vanásek
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000379:methods*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology