Intractable hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients: mid-term efficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde portosystemic shunt obliteration.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and intermediate-term outcome of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) secondary to portosystemic shunt (PSS) in cirrhotic patients.Materials and Methods: Institutional review board (IRB) approva...

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Published in:	European Radiology Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 3462 - 3473
Main Authors:	Mukund, Amar, Chalamarla, Lakshmi Kumar, Singla, Nishant, Shasthry, Saggere Muralikrishna, Sarin, Shiv Kumar
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2020
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