Gastric Varices with Gastrorenal Shunt: Combined Therapy Using Transjugular Retrograde Obliteration and Partial Splenic Embolization

Abstract

The findings of this study indicate that partial splenic embolization contributed to preventing portal congestion after transjugular retrograde obliteration. We conclude that the combination of transjugular retrograde obliteration and partial splenic embolization for gastric varices is more effective than transjugular retrograde obliteration only in the long-term prevention of esophageal varices after transjugular retrograde obliteration.