Clinical outcomes of transcatheter selective superior mesenteric artery urokinase infusion therapy vs transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with cirrhosis and acute portal vein thrombosis

Table 2 Comparison of portal vein thrombosis changes between the two groups

	SMA group (n = 20)			TIPS group (n = 20)
Time (mo)	6	12	24	6	12	24	P value
Recanalization	15	15	13	12	13	11	0.239 (6 mo)
Improved	4	4	4	4	2	3	0.307 (12 mo)
Stable	1	1	3	4	2	2	0.304 (24 mo)
Worse	0	0	0	0	3	4

Data are numbers of patients. Determined using Mann-Whitney U test. TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; SMA: Superior mesenteric artery.