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SUBMITTER: Zhao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5020493 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Mengfei M Yue Zhendong Z Zhao Hongwei H Wang Lei L Fan Zhenhua Z He Fuliang F Yao Jiannan J Dong Xiaoqun X Liu Fuquan F
Scientific reports 20160913
The patients of liver cirrhosis associated with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) can be effectively treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPS). Although the corresponding TIPS procedures have already performed on the patients to different types of PVT, the procedures are not specific and the relationship between different types of PVT and technical success rate of TIPS is unclear. What's more, we aimed to explore the relationship between survival and vascular patency immed ...[more]