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The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality and readability of information available online for TIPS procedure.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Websites were identified using the search terms \u201cTIPS procedure\u201d, \u201cTIPSS procedure\u201d, \u201ctransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure\u201d, with the first 25 pages from the three most popular search engines (Google, Bing and Yahoo) being selected for evaluation with a total of 225. Each Website was grouped by authorship into one of five categories: (1) <jats:italic>Physician<\/jats:italic>, (2) <jats:italic>Academic<\/jats:italic>, (3) <jats:italic>For-profit<\/jats:italic>, (4) <jats:italic>Non-profit<\/jats:italic> (including government and public health), or (5) <jats:italic>Other<\/jats:italic> (discussion\/social media). Readability of each Website was assessed using the Flesch-Reading Ease score, Flesch\u2013Kincaid grade level, Gunning-Fog Index, Coleman\u2013Liau and SMOG index. Quality was calculated using the DISCERN instrument, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark criteria and the presence of Health on the Net (HON) code certification.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>After disregarding duplicate and non-accessible Websites a total of 81 were included. The mean DISCERN score assessing the quality of information provided by Websites was \u201cgood\u201d (59.3\u2009\u00b1\u200910.2) with adherence to the JAMA Benchmark being 54.3%. Websites with HON-code certification were statistically significantly higher in terms of DISCERN (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.034) and JAMA scores (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003) compared to HON-code negative sites. The readability scores of Websites ranged from 10 to 12th grade across calculators. Thirty-two out of the 81 Websites were targeted towards patients (39.5%), 46 towards medical professionals (56.8%) and 3 were aimed at neither (3.7%). The medical professional aimed Websites were statistically significantly more difficulty to read across all readability formulas (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>While quality of online information available to patients is \u201cgood\u201d, the average readability for information on the internet for TIPS is set far above the recommended 7th-grade level. Academic Websites were of the highest quality, yet most challenging for the general public to read. 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