Skip to main content
. 2014 Feb 12;28(7):2027–2038. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-3434-9

Table 2.

Nonsurgical treatments and outcomes

Selective?a Angiographic management n (%) No intervention n (%)
TAE Stent Failures Rebleed Secondary treatment Death Indication Death
A B C D E F G N
n n (% A) n (% A) Vessel stented n (% B + C) n (% B + C) Emb Sten Sur No n (% B + C) n (% A) n (% N)
Postoperative only
Okuno et al. [13] 14 12 (86) 0 (0) 2 (17)b 1 1 3 (25) 1 (7)c SMA 0 (0)
Fujii et al. [12] 13 9 (69) 0 (0) 4 (44)b 2 2 4 (44) 1 (8) Occlusion CHAd 1 (100)
Miura et al. [5] 15 12 (80) 0 (0) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 1 6 (50) 0 (0)
Lee [15] 27 22 (81) 1 (4) SMA 5 (22) 4 (17) 4 5 3 (13) 2 (7) Death 2 (100)
Schäfer et al. [30] 18 9 (50) 3 (17)f 2 (17) 3 (25)g 3 1 1 2 (17) 0 (0)
Lee et al. [31] 27 22 (81) 4 (15) 1 (4) 0 (0) 3e 5 (19) 0 (0)
Pancreatitis only
Gambiez et al. [37] 14 14 (100) 0 (0) 3 (21) 0 (0) 3 2 (14) 0 (0)
De Perrot et al . [14] 10 3 (30) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (33) 1 1 (33) 0 (0)
Carr et al. [38] 16 6 (38) 0 (0) 3 (50) 0 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 (0)
Beattie et al. [23] 13 8 (62) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (38) 1 1 1 1(13) 2 (15) Unknown 0 (0)
Bergert et al. [11] 35 16 (46) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (13) 2 3 (19) 0 (0)
Zhou et al. [40] 19 T 19 (100) 0 (0) 2 (11) 7 (37) 2 5 (26) 0 (0)
Lermite et al. [16] 17 8 (53) 0 (0) 2 (22) 3 (33) 3 2 0 (0) 1 (6) Angio –ve 0 (0)
Udd et al. [25] 33 A 23 (70) 0 (0) 4 (17)b 4 1 (4) 0 (0)
Sethi et al. [27] 16 13 (82) 0 (0) 3 (23) 0 (0)h 3 0 (0) 1 (6) Spont thrombi 0 (0)
Both pancreatitis and postoperative
Zyromski et al. [3] 37 34 (92) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6) 2 4 (11) 1 (3) Unknown
Kalva et al. [1] 23 A 23 (100) 0 (0) 1 (4) 4 (17) 2 1 2 6 (26) 0 (0)

A/Angio angiogram, CHA common hepatic artery, Emb embolisation, No no interventional treatment, Sten vascular stent insertion, Surg surgical management, SMA superior mesenteric artery, Spont thromb spontaneous thrombosis, T trans-arterial embolisation

aSelective group by intervention: T TAE, A angiogram, – not selected on basis of intervention

bUnclear whether it is primary failure or recurrent bleeding after initial haemostasis

cIntra-arterial vasopressin infusion for SMA bleed (TAE not performed for fear of ischaemia)

dIntimal injury to CHA during angiography → occlusion and control of PHA extravasation

eThree patients required secondary procedure for abdominal compartment syndrome. The one patient with failed embolisation sustained a CHA dissection, which actually controlled the bleeding due to reduced intrahepatic arterial flow

fThese three patients also had coiling performed

gThe number of failures/rebleeding and the subsequent intervention is unclear from the paper

hThree patients with continued filling of the pseudoaneurysm on CT. These were embolised successfully

iSpontaneous thrombosis of a gastroduodenal pseudoaneurysm