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Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for the Management of Gastric Variceal Bleeding

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastric varices (GVs) are a major cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis. The current treatments of choice are balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) and the placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)....

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Autores principales: Gimm, Geunwu, Chang, Young, Kim, Hyo-Cheol, Shin, Aesun, Cho, Eun Ju, Lee, Jeong-Hoon, Yu, Su Jong, Yoon, Jung-Hwan, Kim, Yoon Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Office of Gut and Liver 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29938456
http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl17515