A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver ...

Maria Mela, MD, MRCP, Ulrich Thalheimer, MD, Andrew Burroughs, MB, ChB, FRCP(Hon) All of the trials on TIPS and surgical shunts discussed above include a certain number of patients with gastric ...

The diagnosis was that of a spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt. Spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts are rare disorders that describe abnormal connections between ...