EVS vs TIPS shunt for gastric variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis: A meta-analysis

Table 3 Endpoints of included studies n (%)

Ref.	Successful stent placement	Shunt stenosis	Finalpatency	EVS per patient mean ± SD	Patients crossing over to TIPS	Clinical failure TIPS/EVS	Variceal rebleeding TIPS/EVS	HE TIPS/EVS	Refractory HE TIPS/EVS	Death TIPS (%)/EVS (%)
Mahadeva et al[13]	18/20 (90)	2/20 (10)	16/20 (80)	3 ± 1.5	2 (9)	2 (10)/4 (17)	4 (20)/8 (35)	21 (10)/0 (0)	NR	1 (5)/2 (9)
Lo et al[19]	35/35 (100)	8/35 (23)	27/35 (77)	3.3 ± 1.4	1 (3)	1 (3)/3 (8)	7 (20)/19 (51)	9 (26)/1 (3)	NR	16 (46)/12 (32)
Procaccini et al[7]	NR	6/42 (14)	36/42 (86)	2 ± median	7 (11)	NR	UA	11 (25)/1 (2)	NR	14 (32)/17 (28)

¹Patients with severe HE. NR: Not reported; UA: The accurate data is unavailable; EVS: Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy.