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MTRH celebrates medical history with first ever TIPS procedure in Kenya

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has successfully performed Kenya’s first liver treatment procedure known medically as Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) procedure.The complex ...
Nature

Increase of radiologically determined muscle area in patients with liver cirrhosis after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Regardless of the etiology, liver cirrhosis is the common end stage of chronic liver diseases 1, including alcoholic liver disease (ALD), non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD), chronic hepatitis B and C ...
Nature

Cranial stent position is independently associated with the development of TIPS dysfunction

Complications of portal hypertension can be treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in selected patients. TIPS dysfunction is a relevant clinical problem. This study ...
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Effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt on renal and pulmonary function in hepatic decompensation with and without hepatorenal and hepatopulmonary syndromes

The progressive worsening of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (HTN) decreases intra-hepatic nitric oxide (NO), which is counterbalanced by increased NO secretion from adjacent endothelial cells ...