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Relevance of Surgery after Embolization of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Hemorrhage

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Background

Gastrointestinal and abdominal bleeding can lead to life-threatening situations. Embolization is considered a feasible and safe treatment option. The relevance of surgery has thus diminished in the past. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of surgery in the management of patients after embolization.

Methods

We performed a retrospective single-center analysis of outcomes after transarterial embolization of acute abdominal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage between January 2009 and December 2012 at the Sisters of Charity Hospital, Linz. Patients were divided into three groups, as follows: upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB), and abdominal hemorrhage.

Results

Fifty-four patients with 55 bleeding events were included. The bleeding source could be localized angiographically in 80 %, and the primary clinical success rate of embolization was 81.8 % (45/55 cases). Early recurrent bleeding (<30 days) occurred in 18.2 % (10/55) of the patients, and delayed recurrent hemorrhage (>30 days) developed in 3.6 % (2/55). The mean follow-up was 8.4 months, and data were available for 85.2 % (46/54) of the patients. Surgery after embolization was required in 20.4 % of these patients (11/54). Failure to localize the bleeding site was identified as predictive of recurrent bleeding (p = 0.009). More than one embolization effort increased the risk of complications (p = 0.02) and rebleeding (p = 0.07).

Conclusions

Surgery still has an important role after embolization in patients with gastrointestinal and abdominal hemorrhage. One of five patients required surgery in cases of early and delayed rebleeding or because of ischemic complications (2/55 both had ischemic damage of the gallbladder) and bleeding consequences.

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  1. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Sisters of Charity Hospital, 4010, Linz, Austria

    Gernot Köhler, Oliver Owen Koch & Klaus Emmanuel

  2. Teaching Hospital of the Universities of Graz and Innsbruck, Graz and Innsbruck, Austria

    Gernot Köhler, Oliver Owen Koch & Klaus Emmanuel

  3. Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hospital Neuwerk, Moenchengladbach, Germany

    Stavros A. Antoniou

  4. Department of Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

    Franz Mayer & Michael Lechner

  5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Linz, Austria

    Leo Pallwein-Prettner

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Köhler, G., Koch, O.O., Antoniou, S.A. et al. Relevance of Surgery after Embolization of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Hemorrhage. World J Surg 38, 2258–2266 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2570-7

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