BALLOON-OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION (BRTO), A PROMISING NONSURGICAL THERAPY FOR ECTOPIC VARICES - A CASE-REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF DUODENAL VARICES BY BRTO

Authors
HARUTA I ISOBE Y UENO E TODA J MITSUNAGA A NOGUCHI S KIMURA T SHIMIZU K YAMAUCHI K HAYASHI N
Citation
I. Haruta et al., BALLOON-OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION (BRTO), A PROMISING NONSURGICAL THERAPY FOR ECTOPIC VARICES - A CASE-REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF DUODENAL VARICES BY BRTO, The American journal of gastroenterology, 91(12), 1996, pp. 2594-2597
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
91
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2594 - 2597
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1996)91:12<2594:BRTO(A>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present a patient with massive tarry stool, diagnosed as duodenal v arices bleeding. Endoscopic ligation (EL) therapy was carried out for the varices, but because the possibility of re-bleeding remained, we t reated the varices with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous oblite ration (BRTO), and duodenal varices were successfully decompressed wit hout any complications. BRTO might be a novel therapeutic approach for ectopic varices, including duodenal varices.