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Bleeding from stomal varices in a patient with portal hypertension, uncontrolled by surgical ligation and sclerotherapy, was well controlled by percutaneous transhepatic embolization with platinum and stainless-steel coils.
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Kishimoto, K., Hara, A., Arita, T. et al. Stomal varices: Treatment by percutaneous transhepatic coil embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 22, 523–525 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709900445
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