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. 2020 Aug 24;406(5):1295–1305. doi: 10.1007/s00423-020-01960-6

Table 1.

Study designs and outcomes of embolization procedures after PVE/HVE

Author Year Study design Patients n Type of tumor (only PVE/HVE) HVE-technique Embolized hepatic vein Procedure-related complications n Hospitals stay
Guiu et al. [15] 2016 Case series PVE/HVE: 7

CRLM: 2

HCC:1

IHCC:3

PHCC:1

Transhepatic

AVP

+

NBCA/lipiodol

RHV: 7

Pain: 5

Fever > 38°: 5

3 days

(2–5)

Guiu et al. [25] 2017 Case series PVE/HVE: 10

CRLM: 7

PHCC: 1

Other: 2

Transhepatic

AVP

+

NBCA/lipiodol

RHV+MHV: 10

Asthenia

Grade 2: 6

Grade 3: 2

Pain: 6

Fever > 38°: 3

3 days

(2–5)

Le Roy et al. [26] 2017 Case series PVE/HVE: 7

CRLM: 2

IHCC: 1

PHCC: 2

Other: 2

Transjugular

AVP

RHV: 4

MHV: 2

RHV+MHV: 1

0 n.r.
Hocquelet et al. [27] 2018 Comparative study

PVE/HVE: 6

PVE: 6

PHCC: 6

Transjugular

AVP

RHV: 6 0 24–48 h
Panaro et al. [28] 2019 Comparative study

PVE/HVE: 13

PVE: 16

CRLM: 10

HCC: 3

Transhepatic

AVP

+

NBCA/lipiodol

RHV: 13 0 n.r.
Kobayashi et al. [29] 2020 Comparative study

PVE/HVE: 21*

PVE: 39

CRLM: 10

HCC: 2

PHCC: 8

Transjugular

AVP

RHV: 18

RHV+MHV: 2

Hemobilia: 1 n.r.
Le Roy et al. [30] 2020 Comparative study

PVE/HVE: 31

PVE: 41

CRLM: 18

HCC: 5

IHCC: 2

PHCC: 5

Other: 1

Transjugular

AVP

RHV: 27

RHV+MHV: 3

MHV: 1

0 1 day
Laurent et al. [31] 2020 Comparative study

PVE/HVE: 37+

PVE:36

CRLM:23

IHCC: 7

HCC: 4

NET: 2

Transjugular

AVP

+

NBCA/lipiodol

RHV: 29 RHV+MHV: 8

Dindo-Clavien:

I: 34

II: 3

1.4 days

(1–5)

n.r not reported, AVP Amplatzer Vascular Plug, CRLM colorectal liver metastasis, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, IHCC intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, MHV middle hepatic vein, NBCA/lipiodol N-butyl-cyanoacrylate and iodized oil, NE: neuroendocrine tumor, PHCC perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, PVE portal vein embolization, PVE/HVE simultaneous portal and hepatic vein embolization, RHV right hepatic vein

*Tumor type and information about the embolization were not given in one patient who failed to achieve liver resection

+Tumor type of one patient was not given