Stent-grafts for the treatment of TIPS dysfunction: Fluency stent vs Wallgraft stent

Figure 2 Portal venograms in a 45-year-old man with hepatitis B cirrhosis who had undergone transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for repeated variceal bleeding. A: The anteroposterior portal venogram obtained 5 mo after the initial transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure shows the complete occlusion of the stent and opacification of a massive spontaneous splenorenal shunt; B: Embolization of the splenorenal shunt was performed to maintain sufficient portal flow to keep the stent open. The portal venogram after Wallgraft stent placement reveals a wide patent shunt. The portosystemic pressure gradient decreased from 37 to 10 mmHg.