Randomized Controlled Trial of Emergency Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Versus Emergency Portacaval Shunt Treatment of Acute Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis

Background Emergency treatment of bleeding esophageal varices (BEV) in cirrhosis is of paramount importance because of the resultant high mortality rate. Emergency therapy today consists mainly of endoscopic and pharmacologic measures, with use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of gastrointestinal surgery 2012-11, Vol.16 (11), p.2094-2111
Hauptverfasser:	Orloff, Marshall J., Vaida, Florin, Haynes, Kevin S., Hye, Robert J., Isenberg, Jon I., Jinich-Brook, Horacio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Clinical trials Emergency Medical Services Endoscopy Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications Esophageal and Gastric Varices - mortality Esophageal and Gastric Varices - surgery Esophagus Female Gastroenterology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - complications Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - mortality Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery Hepatic Encephalopathy - complications Humans Liver cirrhosis Liver Cirrhosis - complications Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Original Article Portacaval Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic Preventive medicine Prospective Studies Prostheses Sclerotherapy Surgery
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