Research Article
Management of Gastric Varices Unsuccessfully Treated by Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: Long-Term Follow-Up and Outcomes
Table 2
Results of the 13 patients treated with PTO or Combined PTO and BRTO.
| | | PTO () | com-T* () | Total () |
| | Complete disappearance | | | | | After embolization | 6 | 7 | 13 (100%) | | Follow-up (3–6 months) | 4 | 3 | 7 (54%) | | Significant reduction | | | | | Follow-up (3–6 months) | 2 | 4 | 6 (46%) | | EIS** after embolotherapy | 0 | 2 | 2 (15%) | | Form of gastric varices (F0/F1/F2/F3) | | | | | Before | 0/1/0/5 | 0/1/1/5 | 0/2/1/10 | | After | 3/2/1/0 | 4/3/0/0 | 7/5/1/0 | | Recurrence of gastroesophageal varices | 1 | 1 | 2 (15%) | | Postprocedural bleeding | 0 | 1 | 1 (8%) | | Death | 2 | 1 | 3 (23%) | | Cause of death | | | | | Hepatic failure | 1 | 0 | 1 (8%) | | Hepatocellular carcinoma | 1 | 0 | 1 (8%) | | Bleeding of esophageal varices | 0 | 1 | 1 (8%) |
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Combined PTO and BRTO.
**Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy.
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