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. 1993 May-Jun;16(3):198-200.
doi: 10.1007/BF02641894.

Portal venous branch targeting with a platinum-tipped wire to facilitate transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures

G P Teitelbaum  1 , R J Van Allan, R A Reed, S Hanks, M D Katz
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Portal venous branch targeting with a platinum-tipped wire to facilitate transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures

G P Teitelbaum et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1993 May-Jun.

Abstract

We describe a technique to aid in technically difficult transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures by sonographically guided transabdominal fine-needle portal vein puncture for placement of a 0.018-inch platinum-tipped target guidewire within an appropriate portal venous branch.

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