TABLE 1.

Main studies comparing large volume paracentesis (LVP) and other therapeutics in patients with refractory or recurrent ascites with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

			Enrolled patients ( n )		Improvement of ascites (%)		Development of hepatic encephalopathy (%)		Survival (%)
			TIPS	LVP	TIPS	LVP	TIPS	LVP	TIPS	LVP
Randomised controlled studies
Bare TIPS	Refractory ascites	Lebrec et al. 19	13	12	38	0	15	6	29	60
		Gines et al. 21	35	35	51	17	60	34	26	30
		Sanyal et al. 22	52	57	58	16	38	21	35	33
		Narahara et al. 24	30	30	87	30	20	5	20	5
	Refractory and recurrent ascites	Rossle et al. 20	29	31	84	43	23	13	58	32
		Salerno et al. 23	33	33	79	42	61	39	59	29
Meta‐analysis for refractory ascites
		Salerno et al. 18	149	156	58	11	58	38	56	50
Covered TIPS	Recurrent ascites	Randomised controlled study
		Bureau et al. 25	29	33	89	29	34	33	93	52

Note: Adapted from Clinical Liver Disease 2014.

Abbreviations: LVP, large volume paracentesis; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.