Is salvage Plug-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (PARTO) safe and effective for bleeding gastric varices ?- A preliminary single-center experience.

Ranjan Kumar PatelTara Prasad TripathyManas Kumar PanigrahiHemant Kumar NayakSubash Chandra SamalBramhadatta PattnaikTanmay DuttaSunita GuptaSudipta MohakudSuprava NaikNerbadyeswari Deep Bag

Published in: Emergency radiology (2024)

PARTO is a safe and effective procedure for bleeding gastric varices without any deterioration in liver function even after six months. Patient selection is critical to prevent complications. Further prospective studies with larger sample size are required to validate our findings.

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