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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |