Research Article
Super-Selective Mesenteric Embolization Provides Effective Control of Lower GI Bleeding
Table 2
Comparisons of outcomes with other series.
| | Outcomes | Current study
(Australia, 2011)
| Rider et al. [5]
(USA, 2009)
| Tan et al. [6]
(Singapore, 2008)
| Waugh et al. [7]
(Australia, 2004)
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| | Immediate hemostasis | 100% | 100% | 97% | 96% | | Rebleeding | 19% | 4.3% | 63% | 29.6% | | Repeated embolization | 6% | 4.3% | 3% | 22% | | Ischaemia | 0% | 8.7% | 3% | 15% | | Progression to surgery | 0% | 12.5% | 28% (4 rebleeding; 1 incomplete hemostasis; 1 ischemia; 3 surgeon decision) | 7.4% | | 30 d mortality | 0% | 0% | 9% | 7.4% | | Ischaemic stricture | 0% | 4.3% | Not reported | Not reported |
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