Norton S A, Vickers J, Callaway M P, Alderson D
University Department of Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2003 Jul-Aug;26(4):398-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-003-0018-9.
The use of TIPSS to facilitate radical curative upper gastrointestinal surgery has not been reported. We describe a case in which curative gastric resection was performed for carcinoma of the stomach after a preoperative TIPSS and embolization of a large gastric varix in a patient with portal hypertension.
