The use of TIPS to control bleeding caput medusae.
Published Online:28 Jan 2014https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.71.845.9691903
Abstract
Two patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension had persistent bleeding from caput medusae and ascites. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) resulted in regression of the caput medusae and ascites in both cases.
