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Left Gastric Vein Width Is an Important Risk Factor for Exacerbation of Esophageal Varices Post Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices in Cirrhotic Patients

Medicina (Lithuania), 2022
Background and Objectives: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) could be currently one of the best therapies for patients with gastric varices.
Taku Mizutani, Kazushige Nirei, Tatsuo Kanda   +2 more
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Management of gastric varices [PDF]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 2011
I recently read with great interest the article by d’Othee et al. The authors treated gastric varices in the patient with partial splenic and portal thrombs by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) [1]. The patient had remarkable splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, so congestion of the splenic vein seemed to have existed before B ...
Makoto Hashizume, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Morimasa Tomikawa   +2 more
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Emergency transileocolic vein obliteration for life-threatening bleeding from gastric varices

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
We report a case of life-threatening bleeding from gastric varices in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis, which was treated by emergency transileocolic vein obliteration (TIO). A 46-year-old male with a massive hematemesis was transported to our hospital
Fumio Chikamori, MD, Kai Mizobuchi, Ryo Hamada, Satoshi Ito, MD, Sunao Uemura, MD, Ryo Yamada, Hisashi Matsuoka, MD, Nobuyuki Tanida, MD, Niranjan Sharma, MD   +8 more
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Gastric varices in patients with liver cirrhosis: pathogenesis, classification, and therapeutic management [PDF]

Clinical & Experimental Hepatology
This review paper discusses the pathogenesis, classification, and principles of prevention and treatment of portal hypertension, with particular emphasis on gastric varices.
Krzysztof Simon, Marlena Stryczek-Lis, Kamil Stępień   +2 more
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Update on the management of gastric varices [PDF]

Liver International, 2022
AbstractGastro‐oesophageal varices are the major clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Although less frequent than oesophageal varices (EV), bleeding from gastric varices (GV) is generally more severe and associated with higher mortality and a greater risk to rebleed. According to Sarin's classification, GVs are categorized into
Xuefeng Luo, Virginia Hernández-Gea
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Management of gastric varices with EUS-guided coil ablation [PDF]

VideoGIE
Background and Aims: Gastric varices are associated with a greater risk of bleeding and mortality than esophageal varices. Standard treatments, including endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection and balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration, pose risks of ...
Davekaran Buttar, MBBS, Mayank Goyal, MBBS, Ashwariya Ohri, MBBS, Andrew C. Storm, MD, Eric J. Vargas Valls, MD, MS, Michael A. McIntyre, AEA, Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH, FASGE   +6 more
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Report of a case of cirrhotic portal hypertension with ectopic varices in the bilateral pulmonary hilar

DEN Open, 2022
Here, we report the case of patient cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric fundal varices who developed rare ectopic varices in the bilateral pulmonary hilar after repeated endoscopic treatments (tissue adhesive for gastric fundal varices + esophageal ...
Ke Zhu, Wei Zhang, Wei Shao, Jing Ding, Chao Ma   +4 more
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Endoscopically Guided Stapled Gastric Fundectomy in Treatment of Bleeding Fundal Varices [PDF]

Ain-Shams Journal of Surgery, 2015
Aim: To evaluate endoscopically guided stapled gastric fundectomy with peri-esophagogastric devascularization and splenectomy in treatment of bleeding fundal varices.Patients and methods: This study was performed on 24 patients (18 males and 6 females ...
Abdel Hadey H, El-Sheikh M, Jsmail T
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Transcatheter splenic artery embolization for pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension with gastrointestinal blee-ding: a case report [PDF]

Waike lilun yu shijian, 2022
Pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension (PSPH) is a rare entity resulting from splenic vein obstruction and is characterized by splenomegaly, gastric and/or esophageal varices with normal liver function.
CHEN Xiaojuan, ZHANG Wen, CAI Yu
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Endoscopic therapy of gastric variceal bleeding

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Bleeding from esophageal and gastric varices is the most life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gastric variceal bleeding is often more serious and can be fatal.
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin, Ya.R. Dutka
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