Effects of a Long-Acting Formulation of Octreotide on Patients with Portal Hypertension

Table 6

Treatment complications.

	TIPS ()	OCT-LAR ()
Rebleeding	1	1
Deaths	0	0
Serious	1	0
Abdominal cramps	0	2
Diarrhea	0	3
Hypoglycemia	0	1
Constipation	0	0
Flatulence	0	2
Cholelithiasis/biliary colic	0	0
Hypertension	0	0
Dizziness	0	2
Hepatic encephalopathy	2	0

Serious means requiring hospitalization, fatally life threatening, significantly incapacitating, or requiring medical intervention.