A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is a treatment method used to lower portal hypertension, or excessive pressure in your portal vein. This vein is responsible for ...

What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

A diagnosis of cancer is bad enough, but news that it has spread to the liver has always been cataclysmic. Few people survive for five years once cancer is detected in the liver, most living on ...

FibroScan is a diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to visualize the liver. Detecting cancer is not its main use. However, because the scan evaluates overall liver health, it may provide an indication ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . To reduce unnecessary liver biopsies, Perspectum Diagnostics has been awarded 1.1 million euros to develop its ...

The National Institute for Health and Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended FibroScan, a non-invasive hepatic ultrasound scan, as an option for assessing liver damage from fibrosis and ...

End-stage liver failure offers few treatment options for patients—with transplantation currently being the only established management regimen. Unfortunately, this course of treatment is limited by ...

Question: I have had colon cancer, but as far as I know, I have been free of cancer since surgery several years ago. I recently had a CAT scan of my abdomen because of abdominal pain. They saw ...