[Use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in an 84 year-old patient during acute variceal bleeding]. / Utilizacion del shunt portosistemico intrahepatico transyugular (TIPS) en un paciente 84 años durante un episodio de hemorragia aguda por varices esofagicas.
Medicina (B Aires)
; 58(3): 295-7, 1998.
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in Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9713100
The transjugular intrahepatic protosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a nonsurgical method with low mortality which does not interfere with subsequent liver transplantation. We describe the case of an old male patient with chronic hepatopathy who was admitted because of an episode of variceal bleeding. Due to the failure of the medical treatment and sclerotherapy, coronarian stomachic vein was embolized with a coil and a TIPS was performed during the acute episode of variceal bleeding. He evolved favorably and after a year of the procedure remains asymptomatic.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Hypertension, Portal
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medicina (B Aires)
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Argentina