Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is an artificial channel within the liver that establishes communication between the inflow portal vein and the outflow hepatic vein.

Aug 17, 2023 · A TIPS allows blood flowing into the liver from the portal vein to flow through the TIPS stent directly into the hepatic vein, the vein that drains blood out of the liver to the vena cava and then immediately into the heart.

Mar 30, 2023 · A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure for treating portal vein hypertension and other complications of liver disease. A surgeon inserts...

Nov 2, 2024 · Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is a treatment for portal hypertension in which direct communication is formed between a hepatic vein and a branch of the portal vein, thus allowing some proportion of portal flow to bypass the liver. The target portosystemic gradient after TIPS formation is <12 mmHg.

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) is a shunt or a bypass use to connect two veins within the liver with the use of x-ray by interventional radiology. This tract is what we call a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosytemic Shunt or simply abbreviated as TIPS.

Jul 24, 2023 · Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a well-established percutaneous modality for decreasing portal hypertension. The major clinical indications for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts include refractory variceal hemorrhage and refractory ascites.

Placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) reduces elevated portal pressure by creating a low-resistance channel between the hepatic vein and an intrahepatic branch of the portal vein using angiographic techniques (figure 1).

Nov 16, 2016 · (Left) Graphic of TIPS shunt creation shows the hepatic vein punctured within 2 cm of the IVC. The metallic wire TIPS extends to the right portal vein, adjacent to its junction with the main portal vein.

TIPS provides salvage therapy for variceal bleeding, refractory ascites, and portal hypertension when medical therapy fails; Despite providing improvement in portal hypertension, the procedure does not decrease overall mortality in end stage liver disease; References. Boyer TD, Haskal ZJ. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) acts like a surgical shunt in diverting blood away from the congested portal vein into the main venous system, but it is minimally invasive (not major) surgery.