The Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension: Current Status

Table 6

Comparison of TIPS and large volume paracentesis in the treatment of refractory ascites (from D’Amico et al. [96]).

Treatment	Number of patients	Recurrence of ascites n (%)	Encephalopathy n (%)	Mortality n (%)
TIPS	149	66 (44%)	72 (48%)	69 (46%)
Paracentesis	156	135 (87%)	51 (33%)	82 (54%)