Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus endoscopic sclerotherapy for the prevention of variceal rebleeding after recent variceal hemorrhage

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 27 - 32
• Main Authors: García‐Villarreal, Luis, Martínez‐Lagares, Francisco, Sierra, Angel, Guevara, Clemencia, Marrero, José M., Jiménez, Elena, Monescillo, Alberto, Hernández‐Cabrero, Teresa, Alonso, José M., Fuentes, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA W.B. Saunders 01.01.1999; Wiley
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of the digestive system; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - mortality; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hemodynamics; Hemorrhage - etiology; Hemorrhage - mortality; Hemorrhage - surgery; Hemorrhage - therapy; Hepatic Encephalopathy - complications; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Recurrence; Sclerotherapy; Survival Analysis; Relapse; Portal circulation disease; Liver; Esophageal disease; Cardiovascular disease; Hepatic disease; Gastrointestinal; Hemorrhage; Sclerotherapy; Venous disease; Vascular disease; Prevention; Intestinal disease; Complication; Gastric disease; Varix; Human; Treatment efficiency; Instrumentation therapy; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Esophagus; Cirrhosis; Chemotherapy; Digestive diseases; Comparative study

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 hypertension. The aim of the current randomized study was to compare...