Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices with Gastrorenal Shunt: Long-Term Follow-Up in 78 Patients

Abstract

B-RTO is an effective method for gastric varices with gastrorenal shunt and provides lower recurrence and bleeding rates. We believe that B-RTO can become a standard treatment for gastric varices with gastrorenal shunt, although treatment of worsened esophageal varices may be necessary after B-RTO.