Successful splenorenal shunt occlusion with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration yielded improvement of residual liver function, enabled administration of direct-acting antivirals, and achieved sustained virological response to hepatitis C virus: A case report

J Dig Dis. 2017 Feb;18(2):125-129. doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.12448.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Balloon Occlusion / methods*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / physiopathology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / virology
  • Female
  • Hepacivirus*
  • Hepatitis C / physiopathology
  • Hepatitis C / therapy*
  • Hepatitis C / virology
  • Humans
  • Liver / physiopathology
  • Liver / surgery
  • Liver / virology
  • Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical
  • Sustained Virologic Response

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents