Nonadhesive massive coiling endoscopic ultrasound-guided embolization in a single session for treatment of gastric varices: learning points of a technical variant

The procedure is performed under orotracheal intubation. The echoendoscope is positioned in the distal esophagus or in the gastric fundus to visualize the gastric varices; if necessary, water may be instilled into the fundus to improve visualization. Detection of the feeding vessel is unnecessary owing to the complexity of the vessel network and is...