Salvage transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is indicated in patients with active endoscopically uncontrollable variceal bleeding. TIPS alone is not effective in the management of gastric varices, and balloon occluded transvenous obliteration (BRTO) requires favourable variceal anatomy. Concomitant placement of a TIPS stent with antegrade variceal embolization leads to control of gastric variceal bleeding with no significant increase in portal pressure.
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