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Estimation of usefulness of N ‐butyl‐2‐cyanoacrylate‐lipiodol mixture in transcatheter arterial embolization for urgent control of life‐threatening massive bleeding from gastric or duodenal ulcer
Author(s) -
TOYODA HIDENORI,
NAKANO SATOSHI,
KUMADA TAKASHI,
TAKEDA ISAO,
SUGIYAMA KEIICHI,
OSADA TOSHIMASA,
KIRIYAMA SEIKI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lipiodol , cyanoacrylate , embolization , surgery , arterial embolization , radiology , chemistry , adhesive , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
We estimated the usefulness of a mixture of N ‐butyl‐2‐cyanoacrylate (NBCA) with lipiodol for transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) used to control massive bleeding from gastric or duodenal ulcer. Thirty patients who had gastric or duodenal ulcers and massive bleeding that was uncontrollable by endoscopic procedures were included in this study. All patients were subjected to TAE (without NBCA in 23 and with NBCA in seven patients). Coils and/or gelfoam were also used. The achievement of haemostasis, occurrence of rebleeding and the time taken for TAE were compared between patients who received TAE without and with NBCA. Eighteen of 23 patients (78.3%) who received TAE without NBCA and six of seven patients (85.7%) who underwent TAE with NBCA achieved complete haemostasis without rebleeding. The time for TAE was significantly shorter in patients who received NBCA compared with those who did not ( P = 0.0095). TAE using NBCA or a combination of NBCA and coils achieved a rapid, complete embolization regardless of vascular distribution or arterial diameter. Thus NBCA is considered to be useful as a secondary embolization material in TAE that is urgently conducted to control massive bleeding from gastric or duodenal ulcers.