Role of TIPS in Improving Survival of Patients with Decompensated Liver Disease

Table 1

Indications for TIPS.

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(1) Acute variceal bleeding unresponsive to medical and endoscopic therapy

(2) Recurrent variceal bleeding unresponsive to medical and endoscopic therapy

(3) Ectopic variceal bleeding (e.g., bleeding from duodenal varices, rectal varices, stomal varices, caput medusae, etc.)

(4) Nonvariceal bleeding secondary to hypertensive gastropathy/enteropathy

(5) Ascites resistant or intolerant to optimal medical therapy

(6) Hepatic hydrothorax resistant or intolerant to optimal medical therapy

(7) Budd-Chiari syndrome

(8) Hepatorenal syndrome

(9) Hepatopulmonary syndrome

(10) Veno-occlusive disease

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