W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GORE VIATORR® TIPS ENDOPROSTHESIS; SHUNT, PORTOSYSTEMIC, ENDOPROSTHESIS
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Device Problem
Insufficient Information (3190)
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Patient Problems
Death (1802); Ischemia (1942)
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Event Date 06/01/2015 |
Event Type
Death
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Lopera je, speeg kv, young c, et al.Segmental liver ischemia / infarction after elective transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation: clinical outcomes in 10 patients.Journal of vascular & interventional radiology 2015;26(6):835-841.No additional information was provided by the author.
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Event Description
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This information was received through literature article " segmental liver ischemia / infarction after elective transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation: clinical outcomes in 10 patients" published in journal of vascular & interventional radiology, june 2015.This article is a retrospective review of 10 patients who underwent elective tips creation between march 2006 and september 2014.Nine of the 10 patients received a gore viatorr tips endoprosthesis, and one patient received a wallstent device.The article does not clarify which patients received viatorr devices.The article reports that following the elective tips procedure, this patient presented with liver ischemia/infarct, followed by acute liver failure.The patient died one month after the primary procedure.
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