Table 1. Case series published in the English literature, in order of year of publication, agents used for therapeutic embolization, number of patients, and indication for embolization.
| First author | Year of publication | Method | Number of patients | Preoperative | Palliative | Not specified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almgård8 | 1977 | Muscle particles | 38 | 29 | 9 | |
| Frasson53 | 1978 | Gelfoam | 45 | 35 | 10 | |
| Schulman54 | 1980 | Coils Gelfoam Gelfoam + coils ICBA |
3 10 9 4 |
26 | 2 | |
| Frasson55 | 1981 | Coils Gelfoam Gelfoam + coils ICBA Muscle particles |
6 226 3 7 2 |
241 | 41 | |
| Giuliani56 | 1981 | Coils Gelatin foam ICBA |
1 14 25 |
40 | ||
| Kato57 | 1981 | Encaps MMC + gel sponge | 33 | 23 | 10 | |
| Mobilio58 | 1981 | Gelfoam ICBA |
41 1 |
41 1 |
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| Wallace38 | 1981 | Gelfoam + coils | 100 | 74 | 26 | |
| LeGuillou59 | 1982 | Not specified | 247 | 203 | 44 | |
| Teasdale60 | 1982 | Coils Gelfoam Gelfoam + coils |
3 22 3 |
26 | 2 | |
| Bono61 | 1983 | Avitene Gelfoam ICBA |
47 48 4 |
47 | 48 | 4 |
| Nakano62 | 1983 | Gelatin sponge ICBA |
21 | 12 | 9 | |
| Ekelund63 | 1984 | Ethanol | 20 | 6 | 14 | |
| Kaisary64 | 1984 | Coils Gelatin sponge Lyodura Thrombin Combinations of above |
25 | 25 | ||
| Kurth65 | 1984 | Coils Ethanol Gelfoam ICBA Thrombin |
25 | 25 | ||
| McIvor66 | 1984 | Coils Dura particles Gelfoam Thrombin |
29 | 29 | ||
| Mebust67 | 1984 | Coils + gelatin sponge Ethanol |
41 5 |
40 | 6 | |
| Christensen68 | 1985 | Coils | 36 | 36 | ||
| Gottesman69 | 1985 | Coil + Gelfoam | 30 | 30 | ||
| Klimberg70 | 1985 | Ethanol | 25 | 24 | 1 | |
| Lammer71 | 1985 | Coils Ethanol Gelfoam Ivalon |
4 7 85 25 |
81 | 40 | |
| Leinonen72 | 1985 | Ethanol Gelfoam |
12 18 |
10 11 |
2 7 |
|
| Weigel73 | 1985 | Coils Ethanol Gelfoam |
22 | 22 | ||
| Chudácek74 | 1986 | Ethibloc Gelaspon Vilan |
30 | 30 | ||
| Karwowski75 | 1987 | Gelfoam Gelfoam + coils |
81 39 |
30 | 39 | |
| Kurth76 | 1987 | Coils Ethanol Gelfoam ICBA |
33 | 33 | ||
| Nurmi77 | 1987 | Ethanol Ethanol + coils Gelfoam Gelfoam + coils ICBA ICBA + coils ICBA + coils + Gelfoam |
4 3 3 2 10 2 1 |
25 | ||
| Stoesslein78 | 1988 | Detachable balloons Histoacryl Ivalon Combinations |
147 | 100 | 47 | |
| Swanson79 | 1988 | Coils Gelfoam Ivalon Gelfoam + BCG |
134 11 |
145 | ||
| Kato80 | 1989 | Encaps MMC Encaps MMC + Gelfoam |
44 129 |
99 | 74 | |
| Lanigan81 | 1992 | Ethanol | 35 | 35 | ||
| Bakal82 | 1993 | Ethanol Ethanol + coils Ethanol + Gelfoam |
22 1 1 |
22 1 1 |
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| Park83 | 1994 | Ethanol | 27 | 27 |