Does transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting facilitate or complicate liver transplantation?

Transplant Proc. 1997 Feb-Mar;29(1-2):557-9. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00265-5.

Authors

M S Goldberg¹, D Weppler, F A Khan, W DeFaria, R T Khan, M G Webb, J R Nery, A Gyamfi, A G Tzakis

Affiliation

¹ University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, FL 33101-5809, USA.

PMID: 9123127
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00265-5

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cause of Death
Graft Survival
Humans
Liver Diseases / surgery
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Liver Transplantation / mortality
Liver Transplantation / physiology
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / methods*
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / mortality
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Recurrence
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Stents
Varicose Veins / prevention & control