CASE REPORT: Successful Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Ruptured Gastric Fundal Varices in a Patient with Child–Pugh C Cirrhosis: Case Report and Literature Review

Percutaneous transvenous embolization for portosystemic shunts associated with encephalopathy: Long‐term outcomes in 14 patients

“…In addition, we have to be careful of elevation of portal venous flowing blood aggravating complications of portal hypertension, including worsening of esophageal varices, ascites and splenomegaly after PTE. PTE may be generally contraindicated for patients with severe liver dysfunctions . Child–Pugh score is evaluated by five clinical measures: (i) serum albumin; (ii) total bilirubin; (iii) prothrombin time activity percentage; (iv) ascites; and (v) encephalopathy.…”

“…PTE may be generally contraindicated for patients with severe liver dysfunctions. 33 Child-Pugh score is evaluated by five clinical measures: (i) serum albumin; (ii) total bilirubin; (iii) prothrombin time activity percentage; (iv) ascites; and (v) encephalopathy. This score was not significantly changed in our patient before (median, 8; range; 6-10) and after PTE (median, 7; range, 5-11).…”