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SUBMITTER: Tsuruya K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957899 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsuruya Kota K Koizumi Jun J Sekiguchi Tatsuya T Hara Takuya T Sekiguchi Yuka Y Anzai Kazuya K Arase Yoshitaka Y Hirose Shunji S Kagawa Tatehiro T
Annals of vascular diseases 20191201 4
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration is an effective treatment for gastric varices. In this report, we illustrate a consecutive treatment strategy via brachial vein approach and n-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) packing of the gastrorenal shunt (GRS) after injecting sclerosing agent in a severely obese patient. The brachial vein approach reduced the burden on the patient, and the closure of the GRS using NBCA shortened the procedure time. These techniques may improve patient comfort a ...[more]