Endoscopic ultrasound-guided vascular intervention for isolated gastric varices using the hydrocoil of an electrically detachable system

In recent years, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided vascular intervention has been applied to the treatment of isolated gastric varices (iGV) [1]. We perform EUS-guided coil deployment with sclerotherapy, for which ethanolamine oleate is injected as a sclerosant after deploying a 0.035-inch hydrocoil [2] [3]. The hydrocoil has an electrically detachable system that allows it to be pulled back during coil deployment. This report describes the first video case demonstrating the usefulness of the coil's pull-back function during treatment of EUS-guided vascular intervention for iGV.