Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration: a feasible alternative to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt

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A Matsumoto et al. Gut. 2003 Apr.

. 2003 Apr;52(4):611-2.

doi: 10.1136/gut.52.4.611-a.

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The role of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS) in the management of bleeding gastric varices: clinical and haemodynamic correlations.
Tripathi D, Therapondos G, Jackson E, Redhead DN, Hayes PC. Tripathi D, et al. Gut. 2002 Aug;51(2):270-4. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.2.270. Gut. 2002. PMID: 12117893 Free PMC article.

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