Objective    To compare the predictive power of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) on the cirrhotic patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).     Methods    A total of 110 patients (98 males and 12 females) undergoing TIPS from January 2004 to March 2008 in our hospital were analyzed. Data of all patients were analyzed retrospectively. The main statistical tests included: Kaplan-Merier analysis to compare survival respectively

and the area of receiver operating characteristics (ROC) to compare the performance of the 2 models for predicting 3-month

1-year

and 2-year mortality.     Results    The survival rate rate of the patients whose MELD score under 15 showed significantly higher than the patients above MELD score 15. The area of ROC that predicting survival was 0.866 and 0.863 at 3 months

0.755 and 0.739 at 1-year

0.729 and 0.750 at 2-years respectively for the MELD and the CTP score.     Conclusion    Both MELD and CTP score can predict short-term survival accuracy

but poor in long-term. However

the MELD has overcome the shortcomings of CTP

and may be worth using in clinical.