title: [Survival of patients after TIPS in the University Hospital Hradec Kralove].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze survival of patients after TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between September 1992 and August 2010, TIPS was created in 848 patients of the University Hospital Hradec Kralove. These patients were divided into groups. Survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Differences between groups were evaluated using log-rank test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten percent of patients do not survive one month after TIPS, 40% of patients survive 5 years and 20% of patients survive 10 years. There were statistically significant differences between groups divided according to Child-Pugh classification (A vs B p = 0.0053; B vs. C p < 0.0001), indication for surgery [prevention of bleeding recurrence differed from refractory ascites (p = 0.0001) and the indication to stop acute bleeding (p = 0.026)]; aetiology of the liver disease [patients with alcoholic cirrhosis differed from patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (p < 0.0001) and from patients with chronic viral hepatitis (p = 0.024)].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Survival of patients after TIPS is influenced by Child-Pugh score, indication and aetiology of the liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Lékarská fakulta UK Hradec Králové. sembera.stepan@gmail.com
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authors.lastname: Sembera
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authors.lastname: Jirkovský
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authors.lastname: Fejfar
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authors.lastname: Safka
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authors.lastname: Hůlek
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate