Cyanoacrylate Injection Compared with Band Ligation for Acute Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

Author	Year	Region	Publication type	Design	Sample size^1	Mean age (years)	Gender (M/F)	Child-Pugh class^2	GV type^3	HCC^1	Mean followup^1 (days)
Lo et al. [8]	2001	Taiwan single center	Article	RCT	31/29	56.6	46/14	13/33/14	41/14/5	7/10	420/270
Tan et al. [9]	2006	Taiwan single center	Article	RCT	49/48	61.6	69/28	25/51/21	53/25/19	23/23	610.58 ± 603.04/680.67 ± 710.54
El Amin et al. [12]	2010	Egypt multicenter	Article	RCT	75/75	51.0	108/42	35/72/43	150/0/0	0/0	180/180
Zheng et al.^6 [13]	2012	China single center	Abstract	RCT	30/28	NR	48/10	25/26/7	25/13/0	NR	≥365^5
Lo et al. [15]	2013	Taiwan single center	Article	Retro	118/44	50.6	140/22	36/55/61	162/0/0	20/8	42/42
Hong et al. [16]	2013	Korea single center	Article	Retro	73/11	57.0^4	73/11	45/33/6	84/0/0	16/3	NR
Tantau et al. [17]	2014	Romania single center	Article	Pros	19/18	61.2	21/16	11/18/8	22/15/0	1/1	427.26 ± 214.16/406.21 ± 213.23

1Data are for patients receiving GVO/GVL; ²data are for Child-Pugh class A/B/C; ³data are for GOV1/2/IGV; ⁴value is the median; ⁵reported as “at least 1-year followup”; ⁶data from this study were obtained directly from the author.
RCT: randomized controlled trial; Retro: retrospective; Pros: prospective; GOV: gastroesophageal varices; IGV: isolated gastric varices; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; NR: not reported.