Efficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, percutaneous transhepatic obliteration and combined techniques for the management of gastric fundal varices

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2006; 12(24): 3866-3873
Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3866

Table 2 Results of 93 patients treated with radiologic embolotherapy for gastric varices n (%)

Results	BRTO		PTO		Com-T		Total
Complete disappearance of gastric varices	75		8		10		93
Variceal rebleeding	1	(1)	1	(13)	0		2	(2)
Recurrence of gastric varices	3	(4)	3	(38)	0		6	(7)
Aggravation of esophageal varices	27	(36)	3	(38)	3	(30)	33	(36)
Death	21	(28)	0		2	(30)	23	(25)
Cause of death
Hepatic failure	8	(11)	0		1	(10)	9	(10)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	8	(11)	0		0		8	(9)
Cerebral hemorrhage	2	(3)	0		0		2	(2)
Renal failure	2	(3)	0		0		2	(2)
Pneumonia	1	(1)	0		0		1	(1)
Psychosis	0		0		1	(10)	1	(1)

Citation: Arai H, Abe T, Takagi H, Mori M. Efficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, percutaneous transhepatic obliteration and combined techniques for the management of gastric fundal varices. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(24): 3866-3873
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i24/3866.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3866

Arai H, Abe T, Takagi H, Mori M. Efficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, percutaneous transhepatic obliteration and combined techniques for the management of gastric fundal varices. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(24): 3866-3873 [PMID: 16804972 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3866]

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