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Table 2.

TIPS results

Outcome	TIPS creation technique		p-value
Conventional (n = 18)	Primary Constrained (n = 9)
Pre-TIPS PSG (mmHg)	17.7, ±8.2	14, ±3	0.758
Post-TIPS PSG (mmHg)	6.7, ±1.84	7.9, ±1.96	0.693
PSG reduction (mmHg)	10.6, ±8.879	6.1, ±2.57	0.731
Post-procedural MELD Score	16, ±5.8	14, ±6.4	0.742
Improvement of recurrent ascites^a	n = 7, 100% improvement	n = 7, 87.5% improvement^b	1.0
Improvement of variceal haemorrhage^a	n = 11, 100% resolution	n = 1, 100% resolution	1.0

MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; PSG, portosystemic gradient; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

^aImprovement and resolution of clinical symptoms that were indication for TIPS placement in each group.

^bBased on data from total of eight patients who underwent primary constrained TIPS placement for indication of refractory ascites.