Table 3.
Rebleeding rate from gastric varices and esophageal varices
| Ref. |
Rebleeding rate from GVs
|
Rebleeding rate from EVs
|
||
|
BRTO
|
TIPS
|
BRTO
|
TIPS
|
|
| Choi et al[39] | 0/8 | 1/13 | 0/8 | 0/13 |
| Ninoi et al[40] | 1/77 | 6/27 | 3/77 | 2/27 |
| Sabri et al[41] | 0/23 | 3/27 | 0/23 | 0/27 |
| Kim et al[42] | 2/25 | 2/27 | 1/25 | 0/27 |
| Lee et al[43] | 7/95 | 6/47 | 4/95 | 7/47 |
| Gimm et al[44] | 8/157 | 3/19 | ||
| Total | 18/385 | 21/160 | 8/228 | 9/141 |
| 4.7%1 | 13.1%1 | 3.5%2 | 6.4%2 | |
1
P = 0.0005.
2
Not significant. GVs: Gastric varices; EVs: Esophageal varices; BRTO: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.