Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2012; 18(37): 5211-5218
Published online Oct 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i37.5211
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of patients after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement. A: In patients with initial ascites as indication for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent (TIPS), survival is significantly shorter than that in patients with variceal bleeding [refractory ascites (RA) vs variceal bleeding (VB), log rank test P = 0.009]; B: In patients with occluded stent at first fluorographic control, survival is significantly shorter than that in patients with open stent (occluded vs open, log rank test P = 0.027).