Efficacy and safety of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric fundal varices in children.
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) is an interventional radiologic technique that obliterates gastric fundal varices (GFV) from draining veins under balloon occlusion. Few reports have described the use of B-RTO in children. Here, we report a case of B-RTO in a 2-year-old female patient with isolated huge varices in the gastric fundus associated with portal hypertension after surgery for biliary atresia. There was no complication and thrombosis of the varices was achieved. Our results demonstrate that B-RTO is an efficacious and safe treatment for children with isolated GFV.
Hisamatsu
Chieko
C
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. chsmt@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Kawasaki
Ryuta
R
Yasufuku
Masao
M
Maeda
Kosaku
K
D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005748:Gastric Fundus; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000628:therapy; D007223:Infant; D007479:Iopamidol; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy
D003287:Contrast Media; D009829:Oleic Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D007479:Iopamidol; C033343:ethanolamine oleate