Hepatitis C, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Versus Endoscopic Sclerotherapy for the Prevention of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis: A Randomized Multicenter Trial | Hepatitis Central

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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Versus Endoscopic Sclerotherapy for the Prevention of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

table  5.   Complications


Complications


No. (No. Fatal)

TIPS
  Pulmonary embolism 1
  Cardiac arrest 1
  Intrahepatic hematoma 1
  Hemolysis 1
Sclerotherapy
  Sclerotherapy-induced ulcer 2
  Esophageal stenosis 2
  Aspiration pneumonia 1
  Embolic stroke 1 (1)

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