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Table 2 Embolic agents used in each study and vessels treated

From: Embolization for acute nonvariceal bleeding of upper and lower gastrointestinal tract: a systematic review

First author, year

Number of patients

Vessel treated

Embolic materials a

Aina et al., 2001 (2001)

29

GDA (21)

LGA (8)

Coils, glue, PVA particles with or without gelfoam

Arrayeh et al., 2012 (2012)

56

LGA (31)

RGA (5)

Gelfoam (7 patients), PVA particles (2 patients), coils (28 patients), gelfoam and PVA particles (2 patients), Coils and gelfoam (17 patients)

Defreyne et al., 2001 (2001)

6

LGA (3), GDA (2), IPDA (1)

Coils, gelfoam

Dempsey et al., 1990 (1990)

39

LGA (15), GDA (3), IPDA (1), CHA (1), RGA (1)

Coils and/or gelfoam

Dixon et al., 2013 (2013)

20

GDA (20)

Coils (17 patients), coils and gelfoam or PVA particles (3 patients)

Encarnacion et al., 1992 (1992)

29

LGA (14), GDA (11), SMA (6)

Coils, gelfoam, PVA particles

Heianna et al., 2014 (2014)

6

Vasa recta (6)

Gelfoam and/or microcoils

Holme et al., 2005 (2006)

28

GDA (28)

Coils

Ichiro et al., 2011 (2011)

36

GDA (36)

Coils

Kaminskis et al., 2019 (2019)

58

GDA and LGA (58)

Coils

Katano et al., 2012 (2012)

2

LGA (1)

Coils

Kim et al., 2009 (2009)

75

-

Undeclared

Lang et al., 1992 (1992)

13

LGA (7)

Gelfoam, Coils

Lau et al., 2019 (2019)

96

GDA (63), LGA (18), RGA (11)

Coils and/or gelfoam

Laursen et al., 2014 (2014)

49

GDA (49)

undeclared

Lee et al., 2012 (2012)

10

GDA (15), HA (1), LGA (2), RGEA (1), JA (1), IIA (1)

Coils

Ljungdahl et al., 2002 (2002)

4

GDA (4)

Coils, microcoils and/or gelfoam

Mille et al., 2015 (2015)

75

GDA (55)

Coils and/or NBCA

Morris et al., 1986 (1986)

9

LGA (9)

Gelfoam and/or microcoils

Muhammad et al., 2019 (2019)

32

GDA (24), IA (3), LGA (2)

RGEA (1), MRA (1)

Coils, PVA particles and/or gelfoam (in various combination)

Padia et al., 2009 (2009)

72

GDA (64, LGA (13)

Coils

Peynircioglu et al., 2011 (2011)

42

LGA (3)

Coils, PVA particles

Poultisides et al., 2008 (2008)

22

-

Coil and microcoils, gelfoam, PVA

Schenker et al., 2001 (2001)

103

GDA and LGA (103)

Gelfoam and/or microcoils, occasionally anche polivynil alcool

Shi et al., 2017 (2017)

5

-

coils, PVA, embosphere

Sildiroglu et al., 2014 (2014)

18

LGA (2), GDA (13), GEA (2), PDA (1)

Coils (7 patients); gelfoam (3 patietns); coils and gelfoam (6 patients); coils, gelfoam and particelle (1patient); gelfoam and particelle (1 patient)

Song et al., 2011 (2011)

6

GDA (1), LGA (8)

Coils (4 patients), gelfoam (2 patients)

Spiliopoulos et al., 2018 (2018)

10

GDA and LGA (10)

undeclared

Tandberg et al., 2012 (2012)

25

-

Microcoils, PVA particles

Toyoda et al., 1995 (1995)

5

-

Coils and/or gelfoam

Yap et al., 2013 (2013)

38

-

Coils (23 patients), coils and gelfoam (7 patients), PVA (8 patients)

Yata et al., 2013 (2013)

7

-

NBCA (6 patients), coils (1 patient)

  1. GDA Gastroduodenal artery, LGA Left gastric artery, RGA Right gastric artery, IA Ileocolic artery, IPDA Inferior pancreatic duodenal artery, CHA Common hepatic artery, SMA Superior mesenteric artery, JA Jejunal artery, IIA Internal iliac artery, HA Hemorroidal artery, RGEA Right gastroepiploic artery, MRA Middle rectal artery, PDA Pancreaticduodenal artery
  2. aIn brackets the number of patients, when specified by the Authors, for each material