Tsuyoshi Ishikawa 1 , Ryo Sasaki 1 , Tatsuro Nishimura 1 , Takashi Matsuda 1 , Masaki Maeda 1 , Takuya Iwamoto 1 , Issei Saeki 1 , Isao Hidaka 1 , Taro Takami 1 , Isao Sakaida 1
Nov 2018
Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology
balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, gastric varices, hepatic encephalopathy, portosystemic shunt
To compare the clinical characteristics of patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and those with gastric varices (GV) before and after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO).