Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric variceal bleeding: its feasibility compared with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Ho Choi, Young; Jin Yoon, Chang; Hyung Park, Jae; Wook Chung, Jin; Won Kwon, Jong; Myung Choi, Guk

doi:10.3348/kjr.2003.4.2.109

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Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric variceal bleeding: its feasibility compared with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

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Young Ho Choi

Chang Jin Yoon

Jae Hyung Park

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) in active gastric variceal bleeding, and to compare the findings with those of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). MATERIALS AND METHDOS: Twenty-one patients with active gastric vari...

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