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. 2000 Apr;46(4):578–581. doi: 10.1136/gut.46.4.578

TIPSS 10 years on

R JALAN 1, H LUI 1, D REDHEAD 1, P HAYES 1
PMCID: PMC1727896  PMID: 10716691

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Role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunts (TIPSS) in the management of variceal haemorrhage.

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Kaplan-Meier plots of proportion of patients free of shunt insufficiency during follow up with (assisted patency) and without (primary patency) intervention.

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