Miscellaneous indications for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt.
This review will discuss the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt in a number of relatively uncommon clinical situations. In particular, we will focus our paper on the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt for hepatic hydrothorax, hepatopulmonary syndrome, veno-occlusive disease, portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric antral vascular ectasia, before surgery and after liver transplantation.
Therapondos
George
G
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. george.therapondos@utoronto.ca
Wong
Florence
F
D001201:Ascites / Q000601:surgery; D020065:Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic