Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication to pre-emptive TIPS in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding.
Marika RudlerVirginia Hernández-GeaBogdan Dumitru ProcopetÁlvaro Giráldez-GallegoLucio AmitranoCàndid VillanuevaLuis IbañezGilberto Silva-JuniorJoan GenescaChristophe BureauJonel TrebickaRafael BañaresAleksander KragElba LlopWim LalemanJose Maria PalazonJose CastelloteSusana RodriguesLise Lotte GluudCarlos Noronha FerreiraNouria CaneteManuel RodríguezArnulf FerlitschJose Luis MundiHenning GronbaekManuel Hernandez-GuerraRomano SassatelliAlessandra Dell'EraMarco SenzoloJuan G AbraldesManuel Romero-GómezAlexander ZipprichMeritxell CasasHelena MasnouHélène LarrueMassimo PrimignaniFrederik NevensJose Luis CallejaRemy SchwarzerChristian JansenMarie-Angèle RobicIrene ConejoJavier Martínez GonzalezMaria Vega CatalinaAgustín Albillos MartínezEdilmar AlvaradoMaria Anna GuardascioneMaxime MalletSimona TriponGeorgina CasanovasJaume BoschJuan-Carlos Garcia-PaganDominique Thabutnull nullPublished in: Gut (2022)
pTIPS is associated with better survival than endoscopic treatment in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding displaying HE at admission.