Table 1. Variations in procedures for the management of gastric varices.

Procedure(s)	Variations
TIPS only
BRTO only
TIPS + BRTO	Concomitantly (same procedural setting)
	TIPS before BRTO
	BRTO before TIPS
TIPS + bland embolization	Concomitantly
	Delayed embolization for rebleeding
TIPS + BATO	Concomitantly
	Delayed embolization for rebleeding

Abbreviations: BATO, balloon-occluded antegrade transvenous obliteration; BRTO, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.