Yong Lv, Xingshun Qi, Chuangye He, Zhengyu Wang, Zhanxin Yin, Jing Niu, Wengang Guo, Wei Bai, Hongbo Zhang, Huahong Xie, Liping Yao, Jianhong Wang, Tao Li, Qiuhe Wang, Hui Chen, Haibo Liu, Enxing Wang, Dongdong Xia, Bohan Luo, Xiaomei Li, Jie Yuan, Na Han, Ying Zhu, Jielai Xia, Hongwei Cai, Zhiping Yang, Kaichun Wu, Daiming Fan, Guohong Han
OBJECTIVE: Limited data are available on the prevention of variceal rebleeding in cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT). This study aimed to compare transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with covered stents versus endoscopic band ligation (EBL) plus propranolol for the prevention of variceal rebleeding among patients with cirrhosis and PVT. DESIGN: Consecutive cirrhotic patients (94% Child-Pugh class A or B) with PVT who had variceal bleeding in the past 6 weeks were randomly assigned to TIPS group (n=24) or EBL plus propranolol group (EBL+drug, n=25), respectively...
September 28, 2017: Gut