Research Article
Transcatheter Angiographic Embolization of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy-Related Bleeding: A Single-Center Experience
Table 4
Comparison between negative angiography and positive angiography.
| | | Negative angiography | Positive angiography | P |
| | Patients (n) | 10 | 35 | | | Sex, n (%) | | | 0.533 | | Male | 9 (90%) | 26 (74.29%) | | | Female | 1 (10%) | 9 (25.71%) | | | Age (y), mean (SD) | 49.80 ± 14.85 | 52.51 ± 12.30 | 0.560 | | BMI (kg m−2), mean (SD) | 23.96 ± 4.05 | 24.14 ± 4.23 | 0.907 | | History of kidney surgery, n (%) | | | 0.533 | | Yes | 1 (10%) | 9 (25.71%) | | | No | 9 (90%) | 26 (74.29%) | | | Bleeding characteristics, n (%) | | | 0.714 | | Sudden onset bleeding | 5 (50%) | 22 (62.86%) | | | Delayed bleeding | 5 (50%) | 13 (37.14%) | | | Patients with transfusion before TAE, n (%) | | | 0.811 | | Yes | 5 (50%) | 16 (45.7%) | | | No | 5 (50%) | 19 (54.3%) | | | Minimum hemoglobin before embolization (g/L), median (IQR) | 107 (87.5,124.5) | 78.5 (69.75,99.5) | 0.013 | | Bleeding episode to TAE, Median (IQR) | | | | | Hematocrit decrease (g/L) | 6.9 (1.93,8.98) | 11.95 (7.68,17.60) | 0.007 | | Hemoglobin decrease (g/L) | 28.50 (10.75,51.25) | 53.7 (35.0,73.13) | 0.019 | | Hemoglobin decrease rate (g/L·d) | 9.65 (6.25,20.25) | 13.52 (5.16,28.12) | 0.779 |
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