TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatic Encephalopathy from Dual Splenorenal Shunts Treated with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration by Using a Double-Balloon Technique
AU - Matake, Kunishige
AU - Tajima, Tsuyoshi
AU - Yoshimitsu, Kengo
AU - Irie, Hiroyuki
AU - Aibe, Hitoshi
AU - Nishie, Akihiro
AU - Asayama, Yoshiki
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - The authors report on their experience with a 61-year-old woman with hepatic encephalopathy and two large splenorenal shunts. She was treated with dual balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO). Retrograde injection of the sclerosant into the shunt was performed with balloon occlusion of the two vessels draining into the left renal vein, and complete occlusion was achieved without complications. After B-RTO, the patient's clinical symptoms improved substantially and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) performed 3 months later demonstrated complete thrombosis of the splenorenal shunts.
AB - The authors report on their experience with a 61-year-old woman with hepatic encephalopathy and two large splenorenal shunts. She was treated with dual balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO). Retrograde injection of the sclerosant into the shunt was performed with balloon occlusion of the two vessels draining into the left renal vein, and complete occlusion was achieved without complications. After B-RTO, the patient's clinical symptoms improved substantially and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) performed 3 months later demonstrated complete thrombosis of the splenorenal shunts.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.024
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 18003996
AN - SCOPUS:35448946492
SN - 1051-0443
VL - 18
SP - 1436
EP - 1440
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
IS - 11
ER -