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Table 3 Technical features and short-term safety outcomes

From: Non-target embolic events during prostatic embolization with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH)

Variables

Data

General anaesthesia, n (%)

10 (100%)

Bilateral femoral approach, n (%)

10 (100%)

Type of embolization, n (%)

 Unilateral

1(10%)

 Bilateral

9 (90%)

Total injected EVOH volume, mL

 Mean ± SD

0.8 (0.7–13) ± 0.4

Total PAE duration, min

 Mean ± SD

132 (120–150) ± 16

Fluoroscopic duration, min

 Mean ± SD

48 (32–55) ± 10

Radiation dose cgy.cm2

 Mean ± SD

52927 (26389–72,152) ± 10230

Complications according to the Clavien–Dindo score, n (%)

 IIIa

2 (20%)

NTEa, n

1

General anaesthesia, n (%)

10 (100%)

Bilateral femoral approach, n (%)

10 (100%)

Type of embolization, n (%)

 Unilateral

1 (10%)

 Bilateral

9 (90%)

Total injected EVOH volume, Mean ± SD

0.8 ± 0.4 mL

Total PAE duration, Mean ± SD

132 ± 16 min

Fluoroscopic duration, Mean ± SD

48 ± 10 min

Radiation dose, Mean ± SD

52,927 ± 10,230 cGy.cm2

Complications according to the Clavien‒Dindo score, n (%)

 I

0 (0%)

 II

0 (0%)

 IIIa

2 (20%)

 IIIb

0 (0%)

 IVa

0 (0%)

 IVb

0 (0%)

 V

0 (0%)

NTE, n (%)

1 (10%)

  1. aNTE nontarget embolization