Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for the Management of Gastric Variceal Bleeding

Background/Aims Gastric varices (GVs) are a major cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis. The current treatments of choice are balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) and the placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). W...

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Published in:Gut and Liver
Main Authors: Geunwu Gimm, Young Chang, Hyo-Cheol Kim, Aesun Shin, Eun Ju Cho, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Su Jong Yu, Jung-Hwan Yoon, Yoon Jun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gastroenterology Council for Gut and Liver 2018-11-01
Subjects:
balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration
portasystemic shunt
transjugular intrahepatic
variceal bleeding
Online Access:http://gutnliver.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5009/gnl17515

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