Successful hemostasis of intractable rectal variceal bleeding using variceal embolization

作     者：Sung Soo Ahn Eun Hye Kim Man Deuk Kim Won Jae Lee Seung Up Kim 

作者机构：Department of Internal Medicine Yonsei University College of Medicine Department of Radiology Research Institute of Radiological Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Gookgwain School Institute of Gastroenterology Yonsei University College of Medicine Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第21卷第8期

页      面：2558-2562页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Ectopic varices Rectal varices Transjugular intrav 

摘      要：Portal hypertension causes portosystemic shunting along the gastrointestinal tract,resulting in *** varices and their bleeding is a rare complication,but it can be fatal without appropriate ***,because of its rarity,no established treatment strategy is yet *** the setting of intractable rectal variceal bleeding,a transjugular intravenous portosystemic shunt can be a treatment of choice to enable portal decompression and thus achieve ***,in the case of recurrent rectal variceal bleeding despite successful transjugular intravenous portosystemic shunt,alternative measures to control bleeding are ***,we report on a patient with liver cirrhosis who experienced recurrent rectal variceal bleeding even after successful transjugular intravenous portosystemic shunt and was successfully treated with variceal embolization.