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TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTASYSTEMIC STENT SHUNT

K M Harikrishnan¹

¹Classified Specialist (Surgery and Surgical Gastroenteroloy), Command Hospital (EC), Calcutta 700 027.

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Portal hypertension Portasystemic shunt

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