1. Harms of interventions from Khaitiyar 2000.

No	Outcomes	DSRS (N = 32)	TIPS (N = 35)	Fisher exact test
1	All‐cause mortality at 30 days	2	2	P = 1
2	All‐cause mortality at 2 years	6	7	P = 1
2	Rebleed‐related mortality at 2 years	2	9	P = 0.05
3	Variceal rebleeding episodes at 2 years	2	9	P = 0.05
4	Shunt occlusion at 2 years	2	24	P = 0.00001
5	Encephalopathy at 2 years	6	15	P = 0.04
6	Ascites at 2 years	4	13	P = 0.03

DSRS: distal splenorenal shunt; TIPS: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt