Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement for Portal Hypertension: Meta-Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of 8 mm vs. 10 mm Stents

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

Reference	Treatment group	Age (years)	Gender (male/female)	Etiology (viral/nonviral)	History of HE (yes/no)	Ascites (yes/no)	Child-Pugh class (A/B/C)	PSG baseline (mmHg)	Post-TIPS PSG (mmHg)	TIPS indication (bleeding/RA)
Riggio et al. [13]	8 mm		15/7	13/9^#	6/16	15/7	5/10/7			12/10
	10 mm		13/10	14/9^#	3/20	18/5	5/15/3			9/14
Miraglia et al. [15]	8 mm		76/35	63/51	36/75	111/0	0/71/40			0/111
	10 mm		36/24	40/20	20/40	60/0	0/35/25			0/60
Wang et al. [16]	8 mm		41/23	54/10	NA	32/32	36/25/3			64/0
	10 mm		37/26	47/16	NA	35/28	35/25/3			63/0
Trebicka et al. [20]	8 mm	56 (33~81)	29/12	25/16	11/30	19/22	19/18/4	NA	NA	29/12
	10 mm	56 (41~71)	29/12	31/10	14/27	35/6	3/27/11	NA	NA	6/35
Luo et al. [21]	8 mm		20/12	25/7	0/32	21/11	10/18/4			32/0
	10 mm		20/12	23/9	0/32	21/11	12/16/4			32/0

^#Reported as alcoholic/nonalcoholic. Variables of 8 mm vs. 10 mm groups with significant difference. Expressed as median (range).