Open AccessTIPS improves liver transplantation-free survival in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites: An updated meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Ming Bai,
Xingshun Qi,
Zhiping Yang,
Man Yang,
Daiming Fan,
Guohong Han
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2704
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatorenal syndrome , gastroenterology , hepatic encephalopathy , ascites , liver transplantation , paracentesis , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , cirrhosis , transplantation , liver disease
To compare the liver transplantation-free (LTF) survival rates between patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) and those who underwent paracentesis by an updated meta-analysis that pools the effects of both number of deaths and time to death.