Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for treatment of gastric varices

Table 2 Materials used and technical success rate

Ref.	BRTO	Tips	Technical success rate
	sclerosant	Stent type	BRTO	TIPS
Choi et al[39]	EO	Bare	8/8	13/13
Ninoi et al[40]	EO	Bare	49/58	27/27
Sabri et al[41]	STS	Covered	21/23	27/27
Kim et al[42]	EO, STS	Covered	22/25	27/27
Lee et al[43]	EO, STS, polidocanol	Covered	106/123	49/60
Gimm et al[44]	EO, STS	Bare, covered	159/166	19/22
Total			365/403	162/176
			90.6%1	92.0%1

¹Not significant. BRTO: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; EO: Ethanolamine oleate, STS: Sodium tetradecyl sulfate.