SynthesisMilitary Medical Research2017
The impacts of different embolization techniques on splenic artery embolization for blunt splenic injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Military Medical Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of endovascular coils and vascular plugs for proximal splenic artery embolization in high-grade splenic trauma.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Trial
- Comparative Analysis of the LOBO Device and Coils for Proximal Splenic Artery Embolization: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026Article
- Case Report: Preoperative treatment of portal hypertension by splenic artery embolization for safe major hepatectomy: experience in three patients.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Outcomes and costs in splenectomy after failed splenic arterial embolization for blunt splenic injury.Surgery open science · 2025Article
- The Interface of Trauma Surgery and Interventional Radiology: The Trauma Surgeon's Perspective.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Management of Solid Organ Arterial Pseudoaneurysms Following Trauma.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Splenic artery embolization in the treatment of blunt splenic injury: single level 1 trauma center experienceDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2025Article
- Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2025Article
- Exploring the topography of the splenic artery: a comprehensive analysis.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Gastroepiploic artery embolization for splenic trauma in a liver transplant recipient.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Total or Partial Renal Artery Embolization in Patients with Spontaneous Renal Bleeding.Current medical imaging · 2025Article
- Impact of Pre-Interventional Observational Management Duration on Outcomes of Embolization for Splenic Injuries: Experience from Two Centers.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Splenic artery embolization for trauma: a narrative review.Journal of trauma and injury · 2024Article
- Organ-preserving embolization of a giant splenic hemangioma in an adult.CVIR endovascular · 2024Article
- Optimizing distal and proximal splenic artery embolization with patient-specific computational fluid dynamics.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Splenic Arterial Embolization for Trauma and Beyond: A Case Series.Vascular specialist international · 2024Article
- A systematic review assessing incorporation of prophylactic splenic artery embolisation (pSAE) into trauma guidelines for the management of high-grade splenic injury.CVIR endovascular · 2023Review
- The predictive value of CTSI scoring system in non-operative management of patients with splenic blunt trauma: The experience of a level 1 trauma center.European journal of radiology open · 2023Article
- Splenic injury from blunt trauma.The British journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Comparison of outcomes of proximal versus distal and combined splenic artery embolization in the management of blunt splenic injury: a report of 202 cases from a single trauma center.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSplenic artery embolization (SAE) has been an effective adjunct to the Non-operative management (NOM) for blunt splenic injury (BSI). However, the optimal embolization techniques are still inconclusive. To further understand the roles of different embolization locations and embolic materials in SAE, we conducted this system review and meta-analyses.
methodsClinical studies related to SAE for adult patients were researched in electronic databases, included PubMed, Embase, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar Search (between October 1991 and March 2013), and relevant information was extracted. To eliminate the heterogeneity, a sensitivity analysis was conducted on two reduced study sets. Then, the pooled outcomes were compared and the quality assessments were performed using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). The SAE success rate, incidences of life-threatening complications of different embolization techniques were compared by
resultsTwenty-three studies were included in 1st study set. And then, 13 of them were excluded, because lack of the necessary details of SAE. The remaining 10 studies comprised 2nd study set, and quality assessments were performed using NOS. In 1st set, the primary success rate is 90.1% and the incidence of life-threatening complications is 20.4%, though the cases which required surgical intervention are very few (6.4%). For different embolization locations, there was no obvious association between primary success rate and embolization location in both 1st and 2nd study sets (
conclusionsDifferent embolization techniques affect the clinical outcomes of SAE. The proximal embolization is the best option due to the less life-threatening complications. For commonly embolic material, coil is superior to gelfoam for fewer severe complications and less further surgery management.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.