Figure 2.

Percutaneous transhepatic angioplasty of the stricture with a baloon catheter. A metallic stent has been placed at level of the stricture with disappearance of collateral vessels and improved filling of intrahepatic portal branches. MS: metallic stent. LPVB: left portal vein branch. MPT: main portal trunk. SBT: Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.

Caronna et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2008 3:24   doi:10.1186/1749-7922-3-24
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