1. Assessed for eligibility
(n=137)
TIPS (n=29)
LVP + A (n=33)
Analysed (n=29)
Lost to follow-up (n=1 )
Analysed (n=33)
Excluded (n=75)
  Not meeting inclusion criteria (n=67)*
Declined to participate (n=5)
  Other reasons (n=3)
Randomized (n=62)
age > 70 20
ChildC>12 17
> 6 LVP 13
Complete PVT 4
Cardiac failure
associated indication (prevention of rebleeding)
HCC 5
Age > 70 (n = 20), Child Pugh score >12 (n=17), more than 6 large volume paracentesis within the previous 3 months (n = 13), complete portal vein thrombosis( n=4), cardiac failure or pulmonary hypertension (n=4), associated indication (prevention of rebleeding : n = 4), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 5)