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Observational studyNeurologia medico-chirurgica2025

Real-world Experience of Embolization for Intracranial Tumors in Japan: Analysis of 2,756 Cases from Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy 4.

Jun Haruma, Kenji Sugiu, Tomohito Hishikawa, Yuta Soutome, Yuki Ebisudani, Ryu Kimura, Hisanori Edaki, Masato Kawakami, Satoshi Murai, Masafumi Hiramatsu and 10 more

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Observational study in Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Preoperative Embolization for Tentorial and Subtentorial Tumors.Journal of neuroendovascular therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Jun HarumaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Kenji SugiuDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Tomohito HishikawaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Yuta SoutomeDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Yuki EbisudaniDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Ryu KimuraDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Hisanori EdakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School.
Masato KawakamiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Satoshi MuraiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School.
Masafumi HiramatsuDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Shota TanakaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Tetsu SatowDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kindai University.
Koji IiharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
Hirotoshi ImamuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
Akira IshiiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine.
Yuji MatsumaruDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
Chiaki SakaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University.
Shinichi YoshimuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University.
Nobuyuki SakaiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Shimizu Hospital.
Japanese Registry of Neuroendovascular Therapy (JR-NET) Investigators

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embolization of intracranial tumors is predominantly performed in Japan, primarily before neurosurgical resection. The Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy (JR-NET) Study Group, established in 2005, aims to clarify the factors influencing the outcomes of neuroendovascular treatment. Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy 4 is a nationwide, multicenter retrospective observational study that evaluates real-world data on intracranial tumor embolization in Japan. Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy 4 is based on data collected from 166 neurosurgical centers in Japan between January 2015 and December 2019. Of 63,230 patients, 2,664 (4.2%) with intracranial tumors underwent embolization. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with a modified Rankin scale (mRS) score of 0-2 at 30 days post-procedure. Secondary endpoints included procedure-related complications. Among the 2,664 patients, 61 records lacked sufficient data, leaving 2,603 patients (1,612 females, median age: 61 years [interquartile range 51-71]). The proportion of patients with mRS scores ≤2 at 30 days after the procedure was 86.9%. The overall incidence of procedure-related complications was 4.8%, with 1.8% hemorrhagic, 2.0% ischemic, and 1.0% classified as other complications. In the multivariate analysis, general anesthesia and embolization of vessels other than the external carotid artery were identified as risk factors for the development of complications. Meningioma cases had a complication rate of 4.3%, with major complications occurring in 3.5%. Hemangioblastoma cases had a 14.9% complication rate, with major complications at 9.9%. Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy 4 provides comprehensive real-world data on intracranial tumor embolization in Japan, identifying risk factors to inform and improve the safe practice of intracranial tumor embolization in neuroendovascular therapy.

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Brain NeoplasmsEmbolization, TherapeuticAgedEast Asian PeopleEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomecomplicationembolizationintracranial tumorJapanese registry

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PMID40738714
PMCPMC12497513

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