TIPS improves liver transplantation-free survival in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites:An updated meta-analysis - Bai, Ming (World journal of gastroenterology : WJG, 2014)
Keywords: Asci; Ascites - diagnosis; Ascites - etiology; Ascites - mortality; Ascites - surgery; Chi-Square Distribution; Disease-Free Survival; Hepatic Encephalopathy - etiology; Hepatic Encephalopathy - surgery; Hepatorenal Syndrome - etiology; Hepatorenal Syndrome - surgery; Humans; intrahepatic; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver Cirrhosis - diagnosis; Liver Cirrhosis - mortality; Liver Cirrhosis - surgery; Liver Transplantation; Meta-Analysis; Odds Ratio; Paracentesis; Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic - adverse effects; Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic - mortality; portosystemic; Recurrence; Reoperation; Risk Factors; shunt; Time Factors; Transjugular; Treatment Outcome; Ascites; Survival; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Paracentesis; Meta-analysis