Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are implanted in patients with liver cirrhosis to reduce portal pressure. Indications for TIPS use include uncontrolled variceal bleeding or ...

Although much research on the mechanisms of portal hypertension has focused on liver fibrosis, less attention has been given to the role of intrahepatic and extrahepatic vascular dysfunction ...

The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting ... expanding stent can be placed in the intrahepatic IVC, followed by a surgical infrahepatic shunt. 47 Mesoatrial shunts have been used ...

Methods: From August 2013 to June 2022, CHB patients at Hebei Medical University Third Hospital (Hebei, China) were recruited. Intrahepatic cccDNA was quantified and its association with liver ...