Open AccessTranshepatic Venous Angioplasty and Stenting: A Treatment Option in Bleeding from Gastric Varices Secondary to Pancreatic Carcinoma
Author(s) -
J M Ferguson,
K Palmér,
O. James Garden,
D N Redhead
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
hpb surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1607-8462
pISSN - 0894-8569
DOI - 10.1155/1997/18272
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , varices , pancreatic carcinoma , occlusion , gastric varices , gastric carcinoma , radiology , surgery , pancreatic cancer , cancer , cirrhosis
We present a case of recurrent variceal bleeding due to subtotal occlusion of the splenoportal junction by a pancreatic carcinoma. This was effectively treated by transhepatic venous angioplasty and stenting.
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