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Transjugular intrahepatic portal–systemic shunt
Author(s) -
Sherlock Sheila
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.362687000.x
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , acute medicine , editor in chief , general surgery , library science , management , computer science , intensive care medicine , economics
Early attempts to establish intrahepatic portal– systemic shunts in the dog [1] and in man [2] were unsuccessful because the balloon-dilated tract between the hepatic and portal veins did not remain patent. The use of a Palmaz expandable stent allowed maintenance of shunt patency and thus the implantation of a metallic stent between an intrahepatic branch of the portal vein and the hepatic vein radicle [3–5] (Fig. 1).