TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTALSYSTEMIC SHUNT (TIPS) VERSUS DISTAL SPLENORENAL SHUNT (DSRS)
This web page provides information related to cirrhosis, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, and some available treatments. Information is also available about a study recently funded by the National Institutes of Health to compare two methods of decompression treatment for patients bleeding from portal hypertension.
What is portal hypertension and variceal bleeding?
What are the risks of variceal bleeding?
How is variceal bleeding being treated?
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portalsystemic Shunt (TIPS)
Distal Splenorenal Shunt (DSRS)
NIH Study comparing TIPS and DSRS procedures
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