“…3 b), the sclerosing agent consisted of 5% ethanolamine oleate iopamidol (EOI) mixed with 10% ethanolamine oleate (Oldamin, ASKA Pharmaceutical, Osaka, Japan), and the same volume of nonionic contrast medium (iopamidol 300 mg I/mL, Iopamiron 300; Bayer Schering Pharma, Osaka, Japan) was injected via the balloon catheter until the varix and the feeder vein were visualized by EOI. We applied CARTO-II procedure to this treatment (Yamamoto et al 2020 ). After finishing injection of sclerosant, two microcoils (Tornado, Cook, Bloomington, IN, USA; Trufill, Cordis, Miami, FL, USA) were inserted into the drainage vein between the varix and the right renal vein through the microballoon catheter to prevent migration of sclerosant.…”