A Prospective Trial of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Stent Shunts Versus Small-Diameter Prosthetic H-Graft Portacaval Shunts in the Treatment of Bleeding Varices

Abstract

Both TIPS and HGPCS reduced portal pressure. Placement of TIPS resulted in more deaths, more rebleeding, and more than twice the treatment failures. Mortality and failure rates promote the application of HGPCS over TIPS.