Balloon‐occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices improves hepatic functional reserve in long‐term follow‐up

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) has been widely adopted for the management of gastric fundal varices (GVs). There are a few reports that BRTO leads to the improvement of mid-term and long-term hepatic functional reserve (HFR). We retrospectively investigated the long-term effect on HFR and prognosis among patients who had undergone BRTO for GVs.This single-center, retrospective study included 57successful patients out...