Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices in a patient without a gastrorenal shunt

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an endovascular technique frequently employed in the management of bleeding gastric varices among patients with portal hypertension. Bleeding from gastric varices is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared to bleeding fro...

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Published in:	International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention
Main Authors:	Saurabh Kumar, Apoorva Batra, Rinkesh Bansal, Reyaz Para
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention 2024-04-01
Subjects:	gastric varices hypertension, portal interventional radiology
Online Access:	https://www.ijgii.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.18528/ijgii240014