The Effect of Puncture Sites of Portal Vein in TIPS with ePTFE-Covered Stents on Postoperative Long-Term Clinical Efficacy

Table 2

Effects of the procedures on the outcomes.

Parameter	Group A	Group B	Group C	χ ^2/F	value
Total raw data
Shunt stenosis	38.64% (34/88)	29.17% (14/48)	8.57% (3/35)	13.40	0.001
HE	35.23% (31/88)	39.58% (19/48)	11.43% (3/35)	10.20	0.006
Mortality	18.18% (16/88)	18.75% (9/48)	22.86% (8/35)	0.36	0.834
Rate of shunt patency (%)
6 months	96.5	95.6	96.6
1 year	85.6	85.7	92.7
2 years	66.2	80.1	88.1
3 years	44.9	72.0	88.1
Rate of HE (%)
6 months	13.0	18.2	2.9
1 year	21.6	25.0	6.5
2 years	37.1	34.1	6.5
3 years	43.4	39.1	6.5
Rate of survival (%)
6 months	92.0	95.7	88.2
1 year	88.4	91.3	85.1
2 years	81.4	80.4	75.8
3 years	78.6	74.7	75.8
Child-Pugh score
Pre-TIPS	7.46 ± 2.11	7.64 ± 1.89	7.42 ± 1.74	0.964	0.183
2–4 weeks	7.70 ± 1.39^a	7.84 ± 0.83	7.79 ± 1.96^a	0.991	0.084
3–6 months	7.63 ± 1.19	8.32 ± 1.33^a	7.83 ± 1.62^a	0.811	0.236
1-2 years	7.86 ± 1.65^a	8.07 ± 1.94^a	7.58 ± 2.03	1.922	0.035
3-4 years	7.91 ± 1.98^a	8.11 ± 1.73^a	7.39 ± 1.35	2.037	0.020

HE: hepatic encephalopathy; TIPS: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. ^∗χ² test. ^a compared with the pre-TIPS level.