Table 1.
Clinical studies reporting the use of closure devices for the treatment of iatrogenic thoraco-cervical vascular injuries
| Author (year) [Ref] | Study design | No patients | Target vessel (size of catheter) | Type of closure device | Outcome (complications) | Follow-up (outcome) | Compared to surgery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuellar (2015) [6] | Retrospective study | 8 | CA (6 or 8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 6 m (no complications) | ND | |
| Bechara (2013) [7] | Retrospective study | 6 (& 6 had surgical repair) | CA (8.5) | Suture-mediated closure device | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 42 m (no complications) | CDs were safe and effective as open repair | |
| Powers (2011) [8] | Retrospective study | 1 (out of 13 studied pts) | CA (7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Stellmes (2014) [9] | Case series | 5 | CA and SA (7, 8.5, 9) | Starclose or exoseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 1 m (pseudoaneurysm) | ND | |
| Schütz (2011) [10] | Case report | 1 | CA (8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Massière (2009) [11] | Case report | 1 | CA (8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Marina (2007) [12] | Case report | 1 | CA (8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Blanc (2002) [13] | Case report | 1 | CA (6) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | US and angioa (no complications) | ND | |
| Kirkwood (2008) [14] | Case report | 3 | CA (7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Guilbert (2008) [15] | Retrospectively study | 2 (out of 13 pts) | CA or SA (≥7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | CDs were safe and effective as open repair | |
| Tran (2009) [16] | Retrospective study | 5 | SA | Starclose | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Shetty (2007) [17] | Case report | 1 | SA (8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Fraizer (2003) [18] | Case report | 1 | SA (8.5) | Suture-based device | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Sharma (2008) [19] | Case report | 1 | SA (7) | Collagen-based vascular device | Occlusion of the artery | ND | ND | |
| Redmond (2014) [20] | Case report | 1 | SA | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Cohen (2014) [21] | Case report | 1 | SA (4) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Mousa (2015) [22] | Case report | 1 (out of 3 pts) | SA | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Szkup (2012) [23] | Case report | 2 | SA (7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Devriendt (2009) [24] | Case report | 1 | SA (7.5) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Guimaraes (2008) [25] | Case series | 5 | SA and BCA (7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 12.5 m (no complications) | ND | |
| Micha (2007) [26] | Case report | 1 | SA (6) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Wildberger (2006) [27] | Case report | 1 | SA (12) | VasoSealb | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Wallace (2001) [28] | Case report | 1 | SA | Prostar XLb | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Berlet (2001) [29] | Case report | 2 | SA (6 and 12) | Proglide | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| OUH (2015)c | Individual cases | 3 | CA (7) | Proglide | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 6–24 m (no complications) | ND | |
| Yoon (2015) [3] | Case series | 4 (out of 13 pts) | CA, SA (7 or 8) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (overall complication rate was 7%d) | 36 months (no complications) | CDs were safe and effective as operative repair. | |
| Micha (2006) [30] | Case report | 1 | SA (6) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Nicholson (2004) [31] | Retrospective study | 4 (out of 9 pts) | SA (7 or 10) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 1 to 12 months (no complications) | ND | |
| Railo (2004) [32] | Case report | 1 | SA (11.5) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 3 months (no complications) | ND | |
| Molnár (2008) [33] | Case report | 1 | SA (9) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | 9 months (no complications) | ND | |
| Bovenschul (2007) [34] | Case report | 1 | SA (7) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
| Bovenschulte (2011) [35] | Case report | 1 | SA (13) | Angioseal | Good haemostasis (no complications) | ND | ND | |
CA carotid artery, SA subclavian artery, BCA brachiocephalic artery, ND no data, OUH Oxford university hospital experience, f/u follow-up, pts patients, m months, US ultrasound, angio angiogram, No number of
aUnspecified time of follow-up
bTemporary balloon tamponade was also performed
cUnpublished data by the Interventional Radiology Department of Oxford University Hospital, UK
d1 out of 13