Over time, the TIPS procedure can lower your liver’s functioning. The effect is likely due to less blood flow to your liver.The underlying reasons you needed a TIPS procedure and undergoing the ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure can help treat portal vein hypertension and other complications of advanced liver disease. Learn more here.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, also known as TIPS, is a procedure in which a stent, a small wire-mesh coil, is placed into a liver vein to form a channel, or shunt, that bypasses ...

TIPS stands for Transjugular (via jugular vein) Intrahepatic (within the liver) Porto-systemic (between a portal vein and a hepatic vein) Shunt (stent that is used to route blood flow within or ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announces the FDA approval and U.S. launch of the GORE® VIATORR® TIPS Endoprosthesis with Controlled Expansion for ...