title: TIPS versus paracentesis for the treatment of refractory ascites.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bay
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadir
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D019152:Paracentesis; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic