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Flowchart of patient population selection: 108 patients undergoing Sp + Dev or BRTO for gastric varices recruited. After excluding 8 patients, 100 patients were included for statistical analysis. Sp + Dev splenectomy and gastric devascularization, BRTO balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, IVR interventional radiology
