Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO), a promising nonsurgical therapy for ectopic varices: a case report of successful treatment of duodenal varices by BRTO

Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Dec;91(12):2594-7.

Abstract

We present a patient with massive tarry stool, diagnosed as duodenal varices bleeding. Endoscopic ligation (EL) therapy was carried out for the varices, but because the possibility of re-bleeding remained, we treated the varices with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO), and duodenal varices were successfully decompressed without any complications. BRTO might be a novel therapeutic approach for ectopic varices, including duodenal varices.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization*
  • Duodenum / blood supply*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Portography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins / therapy*