Stent fracture after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement using the bare metal stent/stent-graft combination technique

Table 2 Characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with stent fracture after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement

Case	Age (yr)	Sex	Child-Pugh classification	Number of procedures	Fracture time (days after procedure)	Fracture type	Symptoms	Clinical outcome
1	60	Male	B	1	159	IIIb	None	Re-operation to implant a bare metal stent to connect the fractured stent
2	63	Female	A	1	512	I	Bleeding recurrence CT revealed shunt stenosis	Endoscopic hemostasis
3	49	Male	C	2	675	I	Bleeding recurrence CT revealed shunt stenosis	Re-operation using a bare metal stent to reconstruct the shunt
4	70	Female	A	1	175	I	None	Observation
5	79	Female	B	1	141	IIIa	None CT revealed shunt stenosis	Observation
6	51	Male	A	1	1752	I	None CT revealed shunt stenosis	Observation
7	62	Male	A	2	1406	II	None	Observation

CT: Computed tomography.