Impressive recompensation in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt-treated individuals with complications of decompensated cirrhosis based on Baveno VII criteria

Figure 4 Dynamic changes of liver function classification in patients with and without recompensation during the 12-mo follow-up. A and B: Mean Child-Pugh/model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores at baseline (BL) and follow-up in patients with or without recompensation (bars represent standard error of the mean). The differences in Child-Pugh/MELD scores in these two groups at each time point were compared using the Student’s t-test. The difference in Child-Pugh/MELD scores between BL and 12 mo after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was compared separately for each group. Sankey diagrams were used to show the major transfers or flows of patients. The colors of the columns represent patients with different Child-Pugh classifications, with red representing Child-Pugh A, green representing Child-Pugh B, and blue representing Child-Pugh C. The length of the column represents the proportion of patients. The thicker the line, the greater the number of patients involved; C: Entire cohort (n = 64); D: Patients with recompensation (n = 20); E: Patients without recompensation (n = 44). BL: Baseline; 3D: Postoperative day 3; 1M: One month postoperatively; 3M: Three months postoperatively; 6M: Six months postoperatively; 12M: Twelve months postoperatively.