Long‐term results of balloon‐occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric variceal bleeding and risky gastric varices: A 10‐year experience

Abstract

B-RTO is beneficial over the long-term, despite worsening EVx in some patients, because of excellent treatment efficacy and improved mortality. We believe that B-RTO can become a first-choice radical treatment following hemostasis for gastric variceal bleeding and prophylactic treatment for risky GVx.