Table 5.
Shunt revision | TIPS creation technique | p-value | |
Conventional (n = 18) | Primary Constrained (n = 9) | ||
Total incidence per group | n = 4, 22.2% | n = 1, 11.1% | 0.63 |
Shunt expansion owing to refractory ascites | n = 3, 16.7% | n = 1, 11.1% | 1.0 |
Shunt reduction owing to hepatic encephalopathy | n = 1, 5.6% | 0% | 1.0 |
TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.