Table 4.

Treatments and outcome of the 61 BD patients with BCS reported in literature

Date of publication/authors	Number of patients	Anti-coagulation	Cortico-steroids	Immuno-suppressive therapy	Surgery	Endovascular treatment	Outcome	Follow up (months)
1980/ [11]	1	0	0	0	0	0	death	4
1996/ [20]	1	0	0	0	1(thrombectomy)	0	death	During surgery
2000/ [23]	1	0	0	0	0	0	favourable	180
1983/ [13]	1	T	0	0	0	0	favourable	72
No treatment	4	0 (T, n =1)	0	0	1 thrombectomy	0	Death n = 2 (50%)
1985/ [14]	1	0	1	1	0	0	favourable	24
2002/ [24]	1	0	1	1	0	0	death	3
2007/ [28]	1	0	1	0	0	thrombolysis (failure)	death	ND
2007/ [29]	3	0	3	3	0	0	death (n = 2) favourable (n = 1)	7;7;6
No ATCG	6	0	6	5	0	0	Death n = 4 (67%)
1983/ [12]	1	1	0	0	1(shunt)	0	death	1
1986/ [15]	1	1	0	0	0	1 (stent)	favourable	36
1991/ [18]	1	1	0	0	0	0	death	1.25
1990/ [17]	1	1	0	0	0	0	favourable	24
2008/ [30]	1	1	0	0	0	0	death	ND
ATCG alone	5	5	0	0	1	1	Death n = 3 (60%)
1990/ [17]	3	3 (T, n = 1)	2	1	2 (shunt)	0	death (n = 1)	30;4;4
2002/ [25]	1	1	1	0	1	0	relapse (n = 1)	60
2004/ [26]	1	1	1	1	0	dilatation and stent	favourable	0.25
2007/ [27]	4	4	4	4	0	0	death (n = 1)	1;96;48;36
2008/ [30]	6	6	6	2	0	0	favourable (n = 6)	43
2011/ [31]	1	1	1	1	0	0	favourable	1
2011/ [32]	1	1	1	1	0	0	alive	1.5
ATCG and IS	17	17	16	10	3	1	Death n = 2 (12%)
TOTAL	32	ATC 22 (69%)	22 (69%)	15 (47%)	5 (16%)	3 (9%)	12 (38%)	29.7 months
		Thrombolysis 2 (6%)

Abbreviations: ATC Anticoagulation, IS Immunosuppressants, ND No determined, PT Prothrombin time, T Thrombolysis.