Management of Gastric Varices Unsuccessfully Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: Long-Term Follow-Up and Outcomes

Management of Gastric Varices Unsuccessfully Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: Long-Term Follow-Up and Outcomes

Our aim was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of percutaneous transhepatic obliteration (PTO) alone and combined with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) for gastroesophageal varices refractory to BRTO alone. Between July 1999 and December 2010, 13 patients with g...

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Main Authors: Uchiyama, Fumio, Murata, Satoru, Onozawa, Shiro, Nakazawa, Ken, Sugihara, Fumie, Yasui, Daisuke, Narahara, Yoshiyuki, Uchida, Eiji, Amano, Yasuo, Kumita, Shin-ichiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881666/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881666/

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