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Open AccessSplenic Vein Diameter is a Risk Factor for the Portal Venous System Thrombosis After Partial Splenic Artery Embolization
Portal venous system thrombosis is a complication of partial splenic artery embolization, and pre-treatment risk assessment is thus important. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for por...
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Risk Factors for Rebleeding and Prognostic Factors for Postoperative Survival in Patients with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Acute Gastric Variceal Rupture
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) has shown great potential in controlling acute gastric variceal hemorrhage, although rebleeding related to the procedure may occur in a small percen...
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Open AccessFactors Associated with Aggravation of Esophageal Varices after B-RTO for Gastric Varices
To retrospectively evaluate risk factors for aggravation of esophageal varices (EV) within 1 year after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) of gastric varices (GV) and to clarify suita...
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors in Combination with Local OK-432 Injection Prolongs Survival and Suppresses Distant Tumor Growth in the Rabbit Model with Intra- and Extrahepatic VX2 Tumors
To evaluate survival and distant tumor growth after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and local OK-432 injection at a single tumor site in a rabbit model with intra- and extrahepatic VX2 tumors and to examine the ...
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Systemic Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula Associated with Mitral Regurgitation: Successful Treatment with Endovascular Embolization
We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with symptomatic mitral regurgitation caused by a left-to-right shunt via anastomoses consisting of microfistulae, most likely of inflammatory origin, between the rig...
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Dual Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varix Draining into the Left Adrenal Vein and Left Inferior Phrenic Vein
A 66-year-old woman with a gastric varix, draining into a dilated left adrenal vein and a left inferior phrenic vein, was treated with dual balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO). Under b...
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A Dedicated Z-Stent for Acquired Saber-Sheath Tracheobronchomalacia
The tracheobronchial lumen has a continuous horseshoe arch morphology. We formed Z-stents accordingly to support the weakened cartilagenous portions. With this type of stent we treated a patient with acquired...
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Experimental TIPS with spiral Z-stents in swine with and without induced portal hypertension
To assess the suitability of spiral Z-stents for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the influence of portal hypertension on shunt patency in young swine.
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Dependency of tissue necrosis on gelatin sponge particle size after canine hepatic artery embolization
To determine the optimal size of gelatin sponge particles (GSPs) to produce maximum tumor necrosis with minimum side effects after canine hepatic artery embolization (HAE).
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Post-TIPS hepatic encephalopathy treated by occlusion balloon-assisted retrograde embolization of a coexisting spontaneous splenorenal shunt
A 51-year-old man with posthepatitis cirrhosis underwent a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for bleeding of recurrent esophageal varices. The patient had a coexisting, spontaneous, splenore...
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Treatment of malignant tracheobronchial stenosis by Dacron mesh-covered Z-stents
Z-stents partially covered with an expandable Dacron mesh into which epinephrine and thrombin were infiltrated, were used to reopen both mainstem bronchi, stenosed by bronchogenic carcinoma and to deliver hemo...
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Treatment of malignant tracheobronchial stenosis by Dacron mesh-covered Z-stents
Z-stents partially covered with an expandable Dacron mesh into which epinephrine and thrombin were infiltrated, were used to reopen both mainstem bronchi, stenosed by bronchogenic carcinoma and to deliver hemo...
