Direct percutaneous portocaval shunt creation for haematemesis: case report.
Creating a direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt (DIPS) is a procedure similar to a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in patients for whom the latter is not appropriate due to unsuitable hepato-venous and porto-venous anatomy. We present a patient for whom TIPS was not possible, and DIPS successful.
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Department of Radiology, The Alfred, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
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D000368:Aged; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome