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Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of High Risk Gastric Fundal Varices

DOI

125

Citations

22

References

1999

Year

Akio Matsumoto, Norihiro Hamamoto, Toshiyuki Nomura, Yasushi Hongou, Yoshifumi Arisaka, Hiroshi Morikawa, Ichiro Hirata, Ken‐ichi Katsu
The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Abstract

This procedure was effective for treating gastric fundal varices. However, type Ib patients are likely to develop high risk esophageal varices after occlusion of the gastrorenal shunt.

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