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Hepatic recompensation according to the Baveno VII criteria via a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: Is this true?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Hepatic recompensation is firstly described in the Baveno VII criteria, which requires the fulfillment of strict criteria. First, a primary cause of cirrhosis must be addressed, suppressed, or cured. Second, complications of liver cirrhosis, including ascites, encephalopathy, and variceal hemorrhage, must disappear without any intervention. Finally, liver function indicators must be improved. Moreover, without addressing/suppressing/curing cirrhosis and improvement in liver synthetic function, complications, including ascites and variceal hemorrhage can be improved by a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), which is not evidence of hepatic recompensation. Therefore, on the basis of the definition of hepatic recompensation, TIPS does not achieve hepatic recompensation.

Source: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i8.2742

Author: Jin-Shan Zhang

Institution: Capital Institute of Pediatrics

Language: English

Topic: Liver Disease and Transplantation

Subfield: Hepatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Harvard Catalyst