Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) for primary and secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding in hepatic schistosomiasis

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 Jul-Aug:30:130-132. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.01.006. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: christiankraef@gmail.de.
² I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

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Keywords: Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis; Portal hypertension; Schistosomiasis; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Variceal bleeding.

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