title: Patency and clinical outcomes of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents versus bare stents: a meta-analysis.
authors.affiliation: Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Guohong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Zhichao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhanxin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xingshun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Kaichun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Daiming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene