The creation of TIPS (Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) is the creation of a tunnel in the liver between the portal vein, which brings blood from the intestines to the liver, and the hepatic vein, which takes blood from the liver to the heart, by entering the main vein in the neck. The reason for this procedure is to prevent the increase in pressure in the liver vessel and accompanying bleeding in chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, which is its most advanced stage.
