Table 2.
Criteria | Published before 2010 (n=9) | Published in 2010 or later (n=13) |
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Number of patients, range | 54–306 | 50–406 |
Flush aortogram | Done in 8/9 studies, not done by Goh et al. (19) | Done in 11/13 studies. Not done by Pei et al. (8) and Fruchter et al. (9) |
Superselective catheterization | Done in 4/9 studies (44%); all 4 studies published after 2002 | Done in 11/13 studies Not done by Pei et al. (8) and Fruchter et al. (9) |
Chief embolizing agent | Gelatin sponge alone (n=4) PVA ± gelatin sponge (n=3) |
PVA ± gelatin sponge (n=8) |
Other/additional embolizing agents | Coils in 4 studies Glue in 1 study Details not available in 2 studies |
Coils and microcoils in 6 studies Glue in 4 studies Embospheres/microspheres in 2 studies Gelatin sponge alone in 1 study |
PVA sizes (μm), range | 300–600 | 150–1200 (most common 355–500) |
Immediate clinical success (%), range | 70–99 | 82–98.5 |
Recurrence rate (%), range | 15.5–47 | 9.8–57.5 |
Major complication rate (%), range | 0–4.7 | 0–6.6 |