Achieving Portal Access With Scorpion Post-Approval Study 2

A Retrospective Data Collection Evaluating Portal Vein Access Sets For Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Procedures

Creation of the parenchymal tract between the portal vein and the hepatic vein is the most difficult and time consuming step in a TIPS procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate portal vein access sets during the TIPS procedure.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Scorpion or Scorpion X kit introduced into the vasculature as the initial device for portal vein access

Exclusion Criteria:

1. TIPS procedure was not initiated and/or no portion of the kit was introduced into the vasculature
2. Inaccessible medical records