title: Role of percutaneous transhepatic obliteration for special types of varices with portal hypertension.
abstract: The treatment of special types of varices with portal hypertension has not yet been established. We were able to control 13 cases of special types of varices by percutaneous transhepatic obliteration (PTO). These 13 cases consisted of 2 esophagojejunal varices after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer, 1 stoma varices after abdominoperineal excision for rectal cancer, 2 mesenteric varices with encephalopathy, 1 gastric variceal rupture, 1 gastrorenal and gastroazygos shunt with encephalopathy, 3 giant bar-type esophageal varices, 2 isolated gastric varices with gastropericardiac shunts, and 1 isolated gastric varices with gastrophrenic shunt. The special types of varices were successfully embolized in all cases and there were no complications. We conclude that the PTO is still an effective and safe treatment for special types of varices with portal hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kuniyoshi Hospital, 1-3-4 Kamimachi, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0901, Japan. chikamor@i-kochi.or.jp
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chikamori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuniyoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takase
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000503:physiopathology; D054047:Surgical Stomas; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000628:therapy*; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology