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Treatment outcomes after splenectomy with gastric devascularization or balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices: a propensity score-weighted analysis from a single institution.

Ko OshitaMasahiro OhiraNaruhiko HonmyoTsuyoshi KobayashiEisuke MurakamiHiroshi AikataYasutaka BabaReo KawanoKazuo AwaiKazuaki ChayamaHideki Ohdan
Published in: Journal of gastroenterology (2020)
Sp + Dev showed better OS and improvement of liver function compared with BRTO for the treatment of gastric varices caused by portal hypertension.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • magnetic resonance
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • contrast enhanced
  • combination therapy