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Polytetrafluoroethylene-covered Nitinol Stent-Graft for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: 3-year Experience¹

¹ From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (P.R., F.M.S., F.F., M.B., M.R., G.M., D.P., R.P.) and Gastroenterology (O.R.), Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy. Received March 4, 2003; revision requested May 23; final revision received September 29; accepted October 28. Address correspondence to P.R. (e-mail: plinio.rossi@uniroma1.it).

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the use of a recently developed expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered nitinol stent-graft in preventing the need for repeated intervention after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-three consecutive patients underwent TIPS procedures between January 2000 and February 2002. Minimum patient follow-up was 9 months (mean, 16.3 months). Fifty-six stent-grafts were implanted in 53 patients; eight of the devices were 8 mm in diameter and 48 were 10 mm in diameter. The stent length varied from 4 to 7 cm. Indications for the procedure included recurrence of bleeding after sclerotherapy (28 patients with cirrhosis, one patient without), refractory ascites or hydrothorax (21 patients with cirrhosis, one patient without), and Budd-Chiari syndrome (two patients).

RESULTS: A technical success rate of 100% was obtained, with an early clinical success rate of 96.2%. During the follow-up period, the recurrence rate was 3.4% (one of 29 patients) for bleeding and 9.0% (two of 22 patients) for ascites. Shunt malfunction occurred in nine of 53 patients (16.9%); in one of these nine patients, shunt occlusion was evident after revision, and a parallel shunt was created. The 1-year primary and secondary patency rates were 83.8% and 98.1%, respectively. In this series, the incidence of encephalopathy (included even as a single short-lived episode) was 47.1% (25 of 53 patients). The 30-day mortality rate was 3.8% (two of 53), and the late mortality rate was 17.3% (eight of 46), excluding seven patients who underwent transplantation.

CONCLUSION: The new PTFE-covered nitinol stent-graft used appears to be excellent in preventing the need for repeated interventions. A primary patency rate of 83.8% and a secondary patency rate of 98.1% were achieved.

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Index terms: Hypertension, portal, 95.711 • Liver, interventional procedures, 761.1269, 95.1268 • Shunts, portosystemic, 95.453 • Stents and prostheses, 95.1268 • Venography, 95.124

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