JP Cello, EJ Ring, EW Olcott, J Koch, R … - Annals of internal medicine, 1997 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Hemorrhage from esophageal varices remains a substantial management
problem. Endoscopic sclerotherapy was preferred for more than a decade, but
fluoroscopically placed intrahepatic portosystemic stents have recently ... Cited by 156 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►annals.org AJ Sanyal, AM Freedman, VA Luketic, PP … - Annals of internal medicine, 1997 - Am Coll Physicians Add to CiteULike Add to Complore Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us Add to Digg
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Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) have ... Cited by 136 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
R Jalan, EH Forrest, AJ Stanley, DN Redhead, … - Hepatology, 1997 - interscience.wiley.com The aim of this study was to compare transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic
stent-shunt (TIPSS) with variceal band ligation (VBL) in the secondary
prophylaxis of esophageal variceal hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis. ... Cited by 129 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
P Sauer, L Theilmann, W Stremmel, C Benz, GM … - Gastroenterology, 1997 - Elsevier RESULTS: Median observation time was in 1.6 years in the TIPS group and 1.45
years in the ES group. Cumulative rates of rebleeding were 23% in the TIPS group
and 57% in the ES group (P = 0.0001). Hepatic encephalopathy was observed ... Cited by 127 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
M Merli, F Salerno, O Riggio, R de Franchis, F … - Hepatology, 1998 - interscience.wiley.com Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), a new technique for the
treatment of portal hypertension, has been successful in preliminary studies to
treat acute variceal hemorrhage and to prevent variceal rebleeding. The ... Cited by 106 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Rössle, P Deibert, K Haag, A Ochs, M … - Lancet, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: The transjugular-intrahepatic-portosystemic shunt is a new
interventional treatment for portal hypertension. The aim of our study was to
compare the transjugular shunt with endoscopic treatment for the ... Cited by 169 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
L Garcia-Villarreal, F Martinez-Lagares, A … - Hepatology, 1999 - interscience.wiley.com Variceal hemorrhage continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
cirrhotic patients. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is
gaining wide acceptance as a treatment for several complications of portal ... Cited by 82 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
GV Papatheodoridis, J Goulis, G Leandro, D … - Hepatology, 1999 - interscience.wiley.com Endoscopic treatment (ET) is frequently used to prevent variceal rebleeding but
this still occurs in about 50% of patients. Recently, transjugular intrahepatic
portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has been compared with ET in several trials. ... Cited by 176 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►bmj.com G Pomier-Layrargues, JP Villeneuve, M … - British Medical Journal, 2001 - gut.bmj.com It should also be noted that the survival slope following variceal rupture is
not linear: the risk of rebleeding and the risk of dying are much higher during
the initial three months after the index bleeding episode. This is followed ... Cited by 60 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
