TIPS Creation in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis

• Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 447 - 449
• Main Authors: Chovanec, Vendel n, Krajina, Anton n, Loj k, Mirek, Hulek, Petr, Van sek, Tom s
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.09.2002; Berlin Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Aged; Ascites; Biological and medical sciences; BYPASSES; Congenital diseases; Diseases of the digestive system; Heart; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension, Portal - etiology; Hypertension, Portal - surgery; Intubation; Inversion; Jugular Veins - surgery; Liver; Male; Medical sciences; MODIFICATIONS; PATIENTS; Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic - methods; RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Shunts; Situs Inversus - complications; Situs Inversus - surgery; SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASES; Veins & arteries; Vena Cava, Superior - pathology; Case study; Human; Prognosis; Treatment; Congenital anomalies-Situs inversus-Left superior vena cava-Shunt; Situs inversus; Instrumentation therapy; portosystemic; Technique; Congenital disease; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
• ISSN: 0174-1551; 1432-086X
• DOI: 10.1007/s00270-002-1899-8

We describe the successful creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in a patient with complete situs inversus using a simple modification of the standard TIPS technique.We describe the successful creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in a patient with complete situs inversus using a simple modification of the standard TIPS technique.