Research Article
Endoscopic Treatment as the Rescue Therapy for Recurrent Bleeding after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the patients.
| | Patients |
| | Sex, (%) | | | Male | 5 (83.3) | | Female | 1 (16.7) | | Age () | | | Etiology, (%) | | | Alcoholic | 2 (33.3) | | Autoimmune | 1 (16.7) | | Budd-Chiari syndrome | 1 (16.7) | | Hepatitis B virus | 1 (16.7) | | Schistosomiasis | 1 (16.7) | | Varices classification, (%) | | | GOV1 | 1 (16.7) | | GOV2 | 3 (50.0) | | EV | 2 (33.3) | | PVT, (%) | 4 (66.7) | | Ascites, (%) | 5 (83.3) | | Hb () | | | ALT () | | | AST () | | | Child-Pugh score () | | | Child-Pugh class, (%) | | | Class A | 2 (33.3) | | Class B | 1 (16.7) | | Class C | 3 (50.0) | | Hypertension, (%) | 1 (16.7) | | Diabetes, (%) | 2 (33.3) | | HE history, (%) | 2 (33.3) | | Use of NSBB, (%) | 1 (16.7) | | Use of anticoagulants, (%) | 6 (100.0) |
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SD: standard deviation; PVT: portal vein thrombosis; Hb: hemoglobin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; HE: hepatic encephalopathy; NSBB: nonselective beta-blockers.
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