Safety and feasibility of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis and refractory ascites

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The management of patients with refractory ascites (RA) is challenging, particularly at higher age. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an established treatment for RA, but safety data in elderly patients are rare. Our aim was to evaluate the safety and fea...

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Autores principales: Stockhoff, Lena, Schultalbers, Marie, Tergast, Tammo L., Hinrichs, Jan B., Gerbel, Svetlana, Meine, Timo C., Manns, Michael P., Simon, Nicolas, Cornberg, Markus, Meyer, Bernhard C., Maasoumy, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7316253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235199

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