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Targeted puncture of left branch of intrahepatic portal vein in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt to reduce hepatic encephalopathy

BACKGROUND: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is currently used for the treatment of complications of portal hypertension. The incidence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) remains a problem in TIPS placement. It has been reported that the right branch mainly receives superior mesenter...

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Autores principales: Luo, Shi-Hua, Chu, Jian-Guo, Huang, He, Zhao, Guo-Rui, Yao, Ke-Chun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30862997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i9.1088