Evaluation of Superselective Transcatheter Arterial Embolization with n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate in Treating Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Retrospective Study on Seven Cases
Table 1
General information of the patients and the therapeutic outcome.
Case number
Age/gender
APTT (s)
PT (s)
INR
Previous medical history
NBCA : LUF
Lesion site in radiography (before embolization)
Follow-up time
1
56/M
27.2
11.7
1.01
Repeated hemafecia for 6 months, secondary anemia, admission to hospital 3 times
1 : 2
Hepatic flexure of transverse colon
2 months, nonbleeding
2
57/F
23.6
9.9
0.85
Repeated hemafecia for 7 months, secondary anemia
1 : 2
Jejunum
7 months, nonbleeding
3
70/F
23.3
11.3
1.01
Repeated hemafecia for 12 months, secondary anemia
1 : 2
Jejunum
12 months, nonbleeding
4
69/F
41.3
14.4
1.22
Repeated hemafecia for 6 months, secondary anemia
1 : 2
Descending colon
Rebleeding after 20 d
5
77/F
22.1
11.6
1.00
Repeated hemafecia for 12 months, secondary anemia, admission to hospital 3 times, APC
1 : 3
Ascending colon
17 months, nonbleeding
6
77/F
29.8
11.9
1.03
Repeated hemafecia for 12 months, secondary anemia
1 : 2
Jejunum
19 months, nonbleeding
7
90/M
25.0
10.1
0.87
Repeated stool occult blood for 2 months, progressive hemoglobin decrease after treatment
1 : 2
Colon sigmoid
18 months, nonbleeding
APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time, PT: prothrombin time, INR: international normalized ratio.
