Conventional versus selective balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices

Abstract Background Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is a well-established interventional radiological technique for treatment of isolated gastric varices (GV). The aim of this study is to compare outcome after different BRTO techniques, i.e., conventional, selective and s...

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Main Authors: Ramy Ahmed, Hiro Kiyosue, Hiromu Mori, Samy Abdelaziz, Moustafa Othman, Sherif Abdel-Aal, Miyuki Maruno, Shunro Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00228-9