Letter: pre-emptive TIPSS for variceal bleeding-patient selection is key

Tehara Wickremeratne¹, Jonathan D Mitchell¹, James O'Beirne^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, Qld, Australia.
² University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Qld, Australia.

Comment

Tehara Wickremeratne et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;52(4):755.

doi: 10.1111/apt.15933.

Tehara Wickremeratne¹, Jonathan D Mitchell¹, James O'Beirne^{1

2}

¹ Department of Hepatology, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, Qld, Australia.
² University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Qld, Australia.

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Randomised clinical trial: standard of care versus early-transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPSS) in patients with cirrhosis and oesophageal variceal bleeding.
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