TIPS improves liver transplantation-free survival in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites:An updated meta-analysis

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 2704 - 2714
• Main Author: Bai, Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 14.03.2014
• Subjects: 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
• ISSN: 1007-9327; 2219-2840; 2219-2840
• DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2704

AIM:To compare the liver transplantation-free(LTF)survival rates between patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts(TIPS)and those who underwent paracentesis by an updated meta-analysis that pools the effects of both number of deaths and time to death.METHODS:MEDLINE,EMBAS...