Open-access Transesplenic access in the treatment of varicose gastrointestinal bleeding. Case and technical report

Varicose gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. Endoscopic treatment is the first therapeutic line for these patients, however, for those whom this therapeutic modality fail, a broad knowledge of alternative treatment options may improve the prognosis. We describe a case of a patient who were successfully embolized from gastroesophageal varices via transsplenic access.

Gastrointestinal hemorrage; Esophageal and gastric varices; Embolization, therapeutic

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