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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Liver Dis. 2014 Aug 27;18(4):853–876. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2014.07.006

Table 3.

Complications from TIPS

Technical complications
 Related to access
  Capsule puncture
  Intraperitoneal bleed
  Hepatic infarction
  Fistula
  Hemobilia
 Related to the stent
  Thrombosis
  Occlusion
  Stent migration
  Sepsis
Related to portosystemic shunting
  Hepatic encephalopathy
  Hemodynamic consequences
  Sepsis
Unique complications
  Intravascular hemolysis
  Endotipsitis

From Bhogal HK, Sanyal AJ. Using transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts for complications of cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011;9(11):936–46, with permission.