title: Direct percutaneous portocaval shunt creation for haematemesis: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Alfred, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pianta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Given
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lyon
mesh_terms: 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