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The main indications for TIPS are presented. CTP, Child-Turcotte-Pugh; EBL, endoscopic band ligation; NSBB, nonselective beta-blockers; GOV, gastroesophageal varices; IGV, isolated gastric varices; EVO, endoscopic variceal obliteration; BRTO, balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; PARTO, plug-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. *The survival benefit of TIPS was demonstrated in randomized controlled trials.
