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      Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO): Preprocedural Evaluation and Imaging.

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          Abstract

          Patients undergoing balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) are mostly decompensated cirrhotic with either bleeding gastric varices (GV) or hepatic encephalopathy. It is crucial that clinicians are up-to-date with the assessments needed prior to BRTO to anticipate and prevent complications, and to deliver critical quality care. These patients will require preprocedural assessments and management, including endoscopic, clinical, laboratory, and imaging evaluation. Endoscopic evaluation is mandatory prior to BRTO, and it is highly recommended that it be performed at the same institution where BRTO will be performed. It is essential that clinicians are aware of the potential benefits and complications that may result from BRTO. These complications should be anticipated and prevented when possible. For GV bleeders, there should be consideration of a transvenous intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) during or before BRTO in patients with refractory ascites or pleural effusion, as well as endoscopic banding or a TIPS in patients with high-risk esophageal varices. Patients undergoing BRTO are usually complicated and require a team approach. In this article, the authors address these assessment and preparatory management and planning procedures prior to the BRTO procedure as well as expected outcomes and potential complications.

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          Journal
          Semin Intervent Radiol
          Seminars in interventional radiology
          Georg Thieme Verlag KG
          1098-8963
          0739-9529
          Sep 2011
          : 28
          : 3
          Article
          10.1055/s-0031-1284455
          3312157
          22942546
          2b240aea-bedd-4f77-bf1f-a37b5fd181ff
          History

          BRTO,Gastric varices,TIPS,liver cirrhosis,portal hypertension,splenorenal shunt

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