Research Article
Hepatic Encephalopathy after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients with Recurrent Variceal Hemorrhage
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patiens.
| | | TIPS () | ET () | |
| | Sex () | | | | | Male | 45 | 35 | | | Female | 25 | 21 | | Mean age ± SD | 53.56 ± 11.6 | 57.57 ± 11.7 | | | Etiology of liver cirrhosis () | | | | | Alcohol | 49 (70%) | 38 (67.9%) | | | Postinflammatory | 21 (30%) | 18 (32.1%) | | Child class () (mean ± SD) | | | | | A | 15 (21.4%) | 8 (14.3%) | | | B | 41 (58.6%) | 31 (55.4%) | | | C | 14 (20%) | 17 (30.4%) | | | Child score (mean ± SD) | 8.68 ± 1.9 | 8.43 ± 1.7 | | | Bleedings per patient (mean ± SD) | 3.46 ± 1.1 | 3.36 ± 1.1 | | | Encephalopathy () | 18 (25.7%) | 17 (30.4%) | | | Ascites () | 39 (55.7%) | 36 (64.3%) | | | Site of bleeding () | | | | | Oesophagus | 46 (65.7%) | 41 (73.2%) | | | Gastric | 7 (10%) | 6 (10.7%) | | | Oesophagus/gastric | 17 (24.3%) | 9 (16.1%) | |
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