title: A Trend Toward the Improvement of Survival After TIPS by the Use of Covered Stents: A Meta-Analysis of Two Randomized Controlled Trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Area, Shenyang, China. xingshunqi@126.com.|Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. xingshunqi@126.com.
authors.forename: Xingshun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Area, Shenyang, China. guo_xiao_zhong@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiaozhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. daimfan@163.com.
authors.forename: Daiming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000628:therapy*; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis