Natural history of a randomized trial comparing distal spleno-renal shunt with endoscopic sclerotherapy in the prevention of variceal rebleeding: A lesson from the past

Table 1 Characteristics of patients enrolled in the RCT

Characteristic	DSRS (n = 40)	ES (n = 40)	P
Age (yr)	49.4 ± 9.9	53.8 ± 8.4	0.027
Sex: M/F	27/13	33/7	0.121
Etiology: alcoholic/ non alcoholic	14/26	26/14	0.0073
Child’s class: A/B	19/21	11/29	0.053
Prothrombin time: > 80/80-50/< 50	5%/82%/13%	13%/62%/25%	0.058
Bilirubin (μmol/L): < 20.5/20.5-51.3/> 51.3	62%/38%/0%	41%/46%/13%	0.0269
Albumin (g/L): > 30/30-25/< 25	95%/5%/0%	83%/17%/0%	0.077
Portal perfusion: degree I/II/III	45%/45%/10%	42%/27%/31%	0.09
Previous bleeding (n)	2.3 ± 1.5	1.6 ± 0.09	0.022
Blood unit (n)	5.5 ± 5	4.3 ± 4.2	0.25
Interval between bleeding and treatments (mo)	3.5 ± 2.5	2.8 ± 3.2	0.32
Previous encephalopathy episodes (n)	10	7	0.41
Easily controlled preoperative ascites	5	11	0.09