Balloon-occluded antegrade transvenous obliteration via transjugular intrahepatic access for bleeding rectal varices
Bleeding rectal varices in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension can be difficult to treat endoscopically or surgically. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation offers a minimally invasive method to effectively decompress the portal system but may be contraindicated in patients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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Series: | Radiology Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043319301554 |