Table 4.

The survival analysis based on relative reasons of death between groups.

Reasons of death	TIPS+TACE (n=42)	Endoscopy+TACE (n=38)
Liver failure	19 (45.24%)	17 (44.74%)
Gastrointestinal rebleeding	1 (2.38%)	4 (10.53%)
Hepatic encephalopathy	2 (4.76%)	3 (7.89%)
Multiple organ failure	1 (2.38%)	0 (0.00%)
Uncontrollable infection	2 (4.76%)	2 (5.26%)
Uncontrollable intrahepatic tumor progression	10 (23.81%)	8 (21.05%)
Uncontrolled progression of extrahepatic metastases	7 (16.67%)	4 (10.53%)

TIPS – transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; TACE – transarterial chemoembolization. Results reported as N (%) unless otherwise indicated.