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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Position : Supine, head turned away from field
Time : 1-2 hours (average)
Blood Loss : Low (10-50 ml)
Maintenance Paralytic : Yes
Considerations : Fluoroscopy / Xray, Arterial line, High Blood Loss, Off-site

Anesthetic Approaches

1GETT, MAC
2MAC, Local Anesthetic
The Surgery

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a percutaneous interventional radiological procedure that creates a connection within the liver between the portal and systemic circulations....

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