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  • Title: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in cavernomatous portal vein occlusion.
    Author: Brountzos EN, Malagari K, Alexopoulou E, Nikolaou VE, Panagiotou I, Argyriou P, Efstathopoulos E, Kelekis DA.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 2004; 51(58):1168-71. PubMed ID: 15239270.
    Abstract:
    A 72-year-old patient with liver cirrhosis and cavernomatous portal vein occlusion presented with refractory ascites. We treated the patient with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: transjugular transhepatic puncture of an intrahepatic hilar collateral vein was performed; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was created between the right hepatic vein and the patent superior mesenteric vein using this hilar collateral vein as the connecting pathway. The ascites was resolved and the patient remains asymptomatic, while shunt patency is maintained 16 months after the intervention.
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