Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) is a novel therapeutic method for the treatment of large gastric fundal varices with spontaneous splenorenal shunt (SRS). However, the effects of B-RTO on liver function remain unknown.
Department of Medicine II, Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. yasunao-miya@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp
