[Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: indications, prevention and management of complications].

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) was carried out in 140 cases of advanced cirrhosis with portal hypertension. The success rate of TIPS was 94.62%. The complication rate of TIPS was 16.15%, of which, 4.62% was TIPS procedure related including intraabdominal or intratheoracic bleeding and rebleeding of esophageal varices. The complication rate related to portosystemic shunt was 11.54% and the complications included encephalopathy and acute hepatic failure. The mortality of TIPS was 3.08% within one month following TIPS. 2.31% of patients died of hepatic failure and 0.77% died of rebleeding of varices.