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  • Title: Steel coil embolization of hepatoportal fistulae.
    Author: Applbaum YN, Renner JW.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol; 1987; 10(2):75-9. PubMed ID: 3107829.
    Abstract:
    Two patients with portal hypertension secondary to hepatoportal fistulae, of nontraumatic origin, were treated by transcatheter embolization of feeding hepatic artery branches with Gianturco-Anderson-Wallace steel coils. Both patients demonstrated immediate improvement of the symptoms related to their portal hypertension, 1 patient needing no further treatment after 3 years. It is concluded that using steel coils for this purpose is more effective and safer than other materials such as Gel-foam, and may cure portal hypertension in some cases.
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