Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of hepatic encephalopathy after a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in cirrhotic patients

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the rate of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis after the creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Patients and methods This study retrospectively reviewed 436 consecutive patients with cirrhosis receiving TIPS in our department from 2008 to 2016. By comparing two groups of patients, with or...