The preoperative placement of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for treatment of a patient with portal hypertension and gastric cancer
Rumstadt B;Schilling D;;
hepato-gastroenterology1970Vol. 55pp. -
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Abstract
The case report describes the placement of a TIPSS preceding surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract in a patient with liver cirrhosis and gastric carcinoma. Following two unsuccessful exploratory laparotomies, the decreased portal hypertension facilitated a curative resection of the tumor.