Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for severe jaundice in patients with acute Budd-Chiari syndrome

Table 1 Comparison of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and angioplasty groups

	TIPS group			Angioplasty group			Pvalue1
	Before (mean ± SD)	After (mean ± SD)	Pvalue	Before (mean ± SD)	After (mean ± SD)	Pvalue
TBIL (μmol/L)	266.24 ± 122.03	40.11 ± 3.52	< 0.01	258.22 ± 72.71	13.33 ± 3.54	< 0.01	< 0.01
DBIL (μmol/L)	194.22 ± 69.82	29.82 ± 3.10	< 0.01	175.08 ± 39.27	4.03 ± 1.74	< 0.01	< 0.01
ALT (U/L)	50.33 ± 40.61	28.67 ± 7.02	< 0.01	51.56 ± 27.90	14.22 ± 2.59	< 0.01	< 0.01
AST (U/L)	49.46 ± 34.33	26.89 ± 8.68	< 0.01	60.66 ± 39.89	8.18 ± 1.89	< 0.01	< 0.01
Ammonia (μmol/L)	50.21 ± 21.17	39.09 ± 9.90	< 0.01	56.78 ± 18.90	26.38 ± 5.19	< 0.01	< 0.01

¹Comparison of data after the procedures. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; TBIL: Total bilirubin; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.