Estimated short-term mortality following TIPS insertion for patients with hepatic hydrothorax

Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov;108(11):1806-7. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.290.

Authors

R Parker¹, M J Armstrong, I A Rowe, Diarmaid D Houlihan

Affiliation

¹ 1] Centre for Liver Research and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK [2] Liver and Hepatobiliary Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 24192954
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.290

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Hydrothorax / surgery*
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
Male
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic*

Grants and funding

G1100448/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom