Short-Term Effects and Early Complications of Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices

The short-term effects of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) to treat gastric varices were evaluated by using computed tomography (CT) and gastroscopy (GF). The subjects were 77 patients who underwent BRTO to treat gastric varices. The short-term effects of BRTO were investi...

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Main Authors: Watanabe, Manabu, Shiozawa, Kazue, Ikehara, Takashi, Nakano, Shigeru, Kougame, Michio, Otsuka, Takafumi, Kikuchi, Yoshinori, Ishii, Koji, Igarashi, Yoshinori, Sumino, Yasukiyo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523156/