Dhiraj Tripathi, David Patch, Homoyon Mehrzad, Dominic Yu, Richard J Aspinall, Matthew J Armstrong, Adrian Stanley, Hamish Ireland, Simon Travis, Peter Hayes, Mandy Lomax, Nicholas Roslund, Emily Lam, Gemma Slinn, Sue Jowett, Catherine Moakes, Alisha Maher, Elizabeth Brettell, Sukhwant Sehmi
INTRODUCTION: In liver cirrhosis, acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is associated with a 1-year mortality rate of up to 40%. Data on early or pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in AVB is inconclusive and may not reflect current management strategies. Randomised controlled trial of EArly transjugular intrahepatiC porTosystemic stent-shunt in AVB (REACT-AVB) aims to investigate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of early TIPSS in patients with cirrhosis and AVB after initial bleeding control...
March 22, 2024: BMJ Open Gastroenterology