Abstract
AIM: To assess the published evidence on the endovascular treatment of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: An Ovid Medline search of published literature was performed (1966-2009). Non-English literature, experimental studies, variceal haemorrhage and case series with fewer than five patients were excluded. The search yielded 1888 abstracts. Thirty-five articles were selected for final analysis.
RESULTS: The total number of pooled patients was 927. The technical and clinical success of embolization ranged from 52-100% and 44-100%, respectively. The pooled mean technical/clinical success rate in primary upper gastrointestinal tract haemorrhage (PUGITH) only, transpapillary haemorrhage (TPH) only, and mixed studies were 84%/67%, 93%/89%, and 93%/64%, respectively. Clinical outcome was adversely affected by multi-organ failure, shock, corticosteroids, transfusion, and coagulopathy. The anatomical source of haemorrhage and procedural variables did not affect the outcome. A successful embolization improved survival by 13.3 times. Retrospective comparison with surgery demonstrated equivalent mortality and clinical success, despite embolization being applied to a more elderly population with a higher prevalence of co-morbidities.
CONCLUSIONS: Embolization is effective in this very difficult cohort of patients with outcomes similar to surgery. (C) 2011 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 500-509 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Clinical Radiology |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2011 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Hemostasis, Endoscopic
- Humans
- Male
- Risk Factors