Open AccessEfficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, percutaneous transhepatic obliteration and combined techniques for the management of gastric fundal varices
Author(s) -
Hajime Arai,
Takehiko Abe,
Hitoshi Takagi,
Masatomo Mori
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3866
Subject(s) - gastric varices , medicine , balloon , percutaneous , varices , esophageal varices , surgery , radiology , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
To evaluate the effect of three interventional treatments involving transvenous obliteration for the treatment of gastric varices, and to compare the efficacy and adverse effects of these methods.