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Usefulness of cone-beam computed tomography during balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration.
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Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy [Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol] 2013 Dec; Vol. 22 (6), pp. 359-63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 30. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: The purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the usefulness of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) for gastric varices.<br />Material and Methods: Between December 2010 and March 2011, four patients underwent B-RTO for gastric varices that occurred after portal hypertension. In all, after insertion of sclerotic agents, CBCT was used to observe distribution of the sclerotic agent in the gastric varices and afferent gastric veins. Investigated was whether the entire gastric varices and afferent gastric veins were confirmed by retrograde venography performed when the sclerotic agent was infused and by CBCT obtained after insertion of the sclerotic agent.<br />Results: On CBCT obtained after insertion of the sclerotic agent, distribution of sclerotic agents in the gastric varices and afferent gastric veins was clearly visualized. On the other hand, retrograde venography was inferior in detecting the area of distribution of sclerotic agents and the afferent gastric veins.<br />Conclusion: Application of CBCT is helpful to precisely evaluate the distribution of sclerotic agents in B-RTO.
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Esophageal and Gastric Varices etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sclerosing Solutions administration & dosage
Sclerotherapy methods
Treatment Outcome
Balloon Occlusion methods
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography methods
Esophageal and Gastric Varices therapy
Hypertension, Portal complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1365-2931
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23808369
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13645706.2013.808230