Stent-grafts for the treatment of TIPS dysfunction: Fluency stent vs Wallgraft stent

Table 1 Patient demographics

Characteristics	Fluency endoprosthesis	Wallgraft endoprosthesis	P value
Patients (n)	33	40
Age (yr)	51.4 ± 5.7	50.2 ± 8.5	0.491
Sex (male/female)	25/8	29/11	0.752
Etiology			0.242
Hepatitis B	21	31
Alcohol	7	4
Other	5	5
Child-Pugh classification			0.564
A	6	8
B	19	25
C	8	7
TIPS indication			0.946
Variceal bleeding	25	31
Ascites	6	5
Other	2	4
Indications for TIPS dysfunction			0.762
Abnormal US findings	12	15
Variceal bleeding	18	23
Ascites	3	2

TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; US: Ultrasonography.

Table 2 Long-term outcome of patients

	Fluency endoprosthesis	Wallgraft endoprosthesis	P value
Patients (n)	33	40
Hepatic encephalopathy	9	6	0.196
Variceal rebleeding	7	19	0.020
Shunt dysfunction
12 mo	3	9	0.722
24 mo	4	15	0.039