Transhepatic Venous Angioplasty and Stenting: A Treatment Option in Bleeding from Gastric Varices Secondary to Pancreatic Carcinoma

Authors :: K. R. Palmer
O. J. Garden
J. M. Ferguson
D. N. Redhead
Source :: HPB Surgery, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 173-175 (1997), HPB Surgery
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: Hindawi Limited, 1997.
Abstract: We present a case of recurrent variceal bleeding due to subtotal occlusion of the splenoportal junction by a pancreatic carcinoma. This was effectively treated by transhepatic venous angioplasty and stenting.

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