Clinical outcomes of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for the treatment of gastric variceal hemorrhage in Korean patients with liver cirrhosis: a retrospective multicenter study

Clinical outcomes of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for the treatment of gastric variceal hemorrhage in Korean patients with liver cirrhosis: a retrospective multicenter study

Background/AimsThis study evaluated the clinical outcomes of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) for the treatment of hemorrhage from gastric varices (GV) in Korean patients with liver cirrhosis (LC).MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from 183 LC patients who underwent B...

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Main Authors: Se Young Jang, Go Heun Kim, Soo Young Park, Chang Min Cho, Won Young Tak, Jeong Han Kim, Won Hyeok Choe, So Young Kwon, Jae Myeong Lee, Sang Gyune Kim, Dae Yong Kim, Young Seok Kim, Se-Ok Lee, Yang Won Min, Joon Hyeok Lee, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Jae Wan Lim, Hong Joo Kim, Yong Kyun Cho, Joo Hyun Sohn, Jae Yoon Jeong, Yu Hwa Lee, Tae Yeob Kim, Young Oh Kweon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2012-12-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
Subjects:
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration
Esophageal varices
Gastric varices
Liver cirrhosis
Variceal hemorrhage
Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-18-368.pdf

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