Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts and portal hypertension-related complications

Table 4 Case series of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts for refractory hepatic hydrothorax

Ref.	No. of patients	Child-Pugh or MELD score	Efficacy (complete/partial response)	30-d mortality	1-yr survival	Predictor of mortality
Strauss et al[112], 1994	5	C: 5	80%/20%	NR	NR	NR
Gordon et al[113], 1997	24	B/C: 5/19	58%/21%	21%	NR	Child C
						Non-response
Jeffries et al[114], 1998	12	A/B/C: 1/5/6	42%/17%	25%	NR	Age > 65
Siegerstetter et al[115], 2001	40	B/C: 24/16	71%/11%	NR	64%	Age > 60
Spencer et al[116], 2002	21	B/C: 7/14	63%/11%	29%	NR	Multiple comorbidities
Wilputte et al[117], 2007	28	B/C: 12/16	57%/11%	14%	41%	Child-Pugh score
Dhanasekaran et al[118], 2010	73	MELD < 15: 32.8%	59%/20.5%1	19%	48%	Pre-TIPS MELD score Non-response
		MELD > 15: 67.2%	60%/15%2

¹At 1-mo post TIPS;

²At 6-mo post-TIPS. NR: Not reported; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts.