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 ...

Utah mom gets a liver transplant from her son in a first-of-its-kind surgery at Intermountain Medical Center Murray • A Utah mom is hepatitis-free for the first time in 27 years, thanks to a live ...

Terri Snyder of Goddard was diagnosed with fatty liver disease in 2012 and needed a liver transplant. “The first time, they said the liver, it wasn’t a good liver,” she said. “The second time, I think ...

Liver transplant surgery involves replacing an unhealthy liver with a healthy one from a living or deceased donor. Recovery can take up to 1 year, and 5-year survival rates can be as high as 75%. A ...

Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the transplant list. “I would have died,” he says. “There's no doubt about that. My body was failing.” A former ...

WASHINGTON, DC — For individuals with both metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and obesity, bariatric surgery can prevent liver disease progression to the point where ...

Readmission rate of open liver surgery is 20-25% at most major cancer centers, yet the readmission rate for robotic hepatectomy was 1.6% in this retrospective analysis of data from six centers in two ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver disease who had bariatric weight loss surgery significantly lowered their future risk of liver disease complications ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...

Fatty liver is rising even among non-drinkers. A gastroenterologist explains the causes, lifestyle risks, early warning signs, and prevention tips for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.