Recently, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) published the "EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on TIPS" in the Journal of Hepatology (Impact Factor: 26.8). Associate Professor Luo Xuefeng from the Department of Gastroenterology of West China Hospital was the only invited Chinese doctor to participate in the development of these guidelines. The guidelines cite several clinical studies from our hospital, fully demonstrating the experience and achievements of the West China Gastroenterology team in the field of portal vein therapy.

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) is an effective treatment technique for complications of portal hypertension. In recent years, TIPS has seen rapid development in technical methods, prognostic models, and expanded clinical indications. The EASL guidelines comprehensively explore preoperative assessment and selection for TIPS, bleeding, ascites and renal function, postoperative follow-up, hepatic encephalopathy, and special cases (hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation), providing valuable references for related treatments.

Link：https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/action/showPdf?pii=S0168-8278%2825%2900066-2