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01-04-2015 | Clinical Investigation

Transcatheter Embolotherapy with N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate for Ectopic Varices

Authors: Jin Woo Choi, Hyo-Cheol Kim, Hwan Jun Jae, Hyun-Seok Jung, Saebeom Hur, Myungsu Lee, Jin Wook Chung

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 2/2015

Abstract

Purpose

To address technical feasibility and clinical outcome of transcatheter embolotherapy with N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) for bleeding ectopic varices.

Methods

The institutional review board approved this retrospective study and waived informed consent. From January 2004 to June 2013, a total of 12 consecutive patients received transcatheter embolotherapy using NBCA for bleeding ectopic varices in our institute. Clinical and radiologic features of the endovascular procedures were comprehensively reviewed.

Results

Preprocedural computed tomography images revealed ectopic varices in the jejunum (n = 7), stoma (n = 2), rectum (n = 2), and duodenum (n = 1). The 12 procedures consisted of solitary embolotherapy (n = 8) and embolotherapy with portal decompression (main portal vein stenting in 3, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in 1). With regard to vascular access, percutaneous transhepatic access (n = 7), transsplenic access (n = 4), and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt tract (n = 1) were used. There was no failure in either the embolotherapy or the vascular accesses (technical success rate, 100 %). Two patients died within 1 month from the procedure from preexisting fatal medical conditions. Only one patient, with a large varix that had been partially embolized by using coils and NBCA, underwent rebleeding 5.5 months after the procedure. The patient was retreated with NBCA and did not undergo any bleeding afterward for a follow-up period of 2.5 months. The remaining nine patients did not experience rebleeding during the follow-up periods (range 1.5–33.2 months).

Conclusion

Transcatheter embolotherapy using NBCA can be a useful option for bleeding ectopic varices.

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Title: Transcatheter Embolotherapy with N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate for Ectopic Varices
Authors: Jin Woo Choi
Hyo-Cheol Kim
Hwan Jun Jae
Hyun-Seok Jung
Saebeom Hur
Myungsu Lee
Jin Wook Chung
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-0943-9

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