Chapter 6: Medical Management of Portal Hypertension Complications Wissam Bleibel and Abdullah M.S. Al-Osaimi Introduction Portal hypertension (PHT) is caused by increased resistance to portal outflow and increased portal inflow…
Chapter 13: Technique for the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure John A. Kaufman, Frederick S. Keller, and Josef Rösch Historical Note The origin of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) can…
Chapter 30: Balloon-Occluded Antegrade Transvenous Obliteration and Variations of Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration in the Treatment of Gastric Varices Minhaj S. Khaja and Wael E.A. Saad Introduction Devastating hemorrhage from…
Chapter 19: Patency Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts in the Stent-Graft Era Bogdan Iliescu, Ziv J. Haskal, and Bertrand Janne d’Othée Introduction Twenty years elapsed between the original animal…
Chapter 9: Surgical Management of Portal Hypertension Kaj H. Johansen Introduction In the 15 years since publication of the second edition of this book, the once preeminent role of the…
Chapter 17: Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt and Hepatic Vein Recanalization Sundeep Punamiya and Hector Ferral Introduction Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) refers to hepatic venous outflow obstruction, occurring at any…
Chapter 32: Management of Duodenal Varices Ravi N. Srinivasa, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick, and Wael E.A. Saad Introduction Duodenal varices (DVs) are an uncommon manifestation of portal hypertension or mesenteric/portal…
Chapter 18: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Reduction for Post-TIPS Hepatic Encephalopathy Adam D. Talenfeld and David C. Madoff Indications for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Reduction Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a…
Chapter 25: Percutaneous Mesocaval Shunts Robert K. Kerlan Jr., Sue J. Rhee, and Jeanne M. LaBerge Introduction Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) have replaced surgical shunting as the preferred method…
Chapter 2: Clinical Presentation of Portal Hypertension Mona H. Ismail and Abdullah M.S. Al-Osaimi Introduction Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (PHT) are common clinical findings, and according to the Centers…
