The Portosystemic Shunt for the Control of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients: Past and Present

Table 3

Comparison PCS—TIPS.

PCS Caritas Hospital—experimental study		TIPS
PRE—shunt PP	25.1 mmHg	>12 mmHg
Remaining PP	13.5 mmHg	<12 mmHg
Pressure drop	11.6 mmHg	?
Postshunt EP	43.2%-APC; 0%-ARS	20–30%	[13–18]
Recurrent GIB	1%	27%
Postoperatively.; Mortality (45 days)	18.2%; 10%-ASR	23–29%
1-year mortality	1%	17–20%
Ineffective shunt	0%	3–7%
5 years survival	31.4%	60%

PCS—portocaval shunt; TIPS—transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; PSE—portal-systemic encephalopathy; PP—portal pressure; GIB—gastrointestinal bleeding; SRA- splenorenal anastomosis; TPCA—troncular portocaval anastomosis (direct).