Balloon-Assisted Percutaneous Transhepatic Antegrade Embolization with 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate for the Treatment of Isolated Gastric Varices with Large Gastrorenal Shunts

Figure 3

Endoscopic follow-up of the patient shown in Figure 2. (a) Endoscopic image obtained before percutaneous transhepatic antegrade variceal embolization showing large gastric varices. (b) Endoscopic image obtained 1 month after the procedure showing congestion and edema in the mucosa. (c) At 3 months after the procedure, the varices were markedly smaller. (d) One year after the procedure, the gastric varices had mostly disappeared.

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