Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration using a new microballoon for gastric varices

作者：Mine Takahiko; Matsumoto Tomohiro; Endo Jun; Hashida Kazunobu; Kojima Seiichiro; Watanabe Norihito; Hasebe Terumitsu^*

来源：Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies, 2017, 26(3): 177-181.

DOI：10.1080/13645706.2016.1253590

• Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration
• microballoon catheter
• gastric varices

We here present a case involving a complicated type of gastric fundal varices treated by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. A newly developed 1.8-Fr tip coaxial micro-balloon catheter was successfully advanced into narrow and tortuous varices, and a sclerosant could be infused in a reasonable manner, avoiding reflux into collaterals. Divided injections of sclerosant were performed over two days, via a microballoon catheter that remained inserted overnight with balloon inflation, and the sclerosant could be infused sufficiently in the entirety of the varices. The varices were completely thrombosed and prominently reduced.

• 出版日期2017