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Table 1 Summary of risk factors associated with uterine artery embolization failure in patients with postpartum hemorrhage

From: Successful repeated uterine artery embolization in postpartum hemorrhage with disseminated intravascular coagulation: a case report and literature review

No

First

author

Year

published

No. of cases

Success

Failure

Risk factors by univariate analysis

Notes

1

Shim [5]

2006

49

42 (86 %)

7 (14 %)

(1) abnormal placentation

No multivariate analysis.

2

Touboul [6]

2008

102

59 (58 %)

43 (42 %)

(1) cesarean section, (2) hemodynamic shock

These two factors were significant in multivariate analysis.

3

Kirby [7]

2009

43

34 (79 %)

9 (21 %)

(1) the existent of extravasation

No multivariate analysis.

4

Sentilhes [8]

2009

100

89 (89 %)

11 (11 %)

(1) blood loss > 1500ml, (2) transfusion > 5 RBC units

No multivariate analysis.

5

Ganguli [9]

2011

66

63 (95 %)

3 (5 %)

(1) transfusion requirement after UAE

No multivariate analysis.

6

Bros [10]

2012

148

136 (92 %)

12 (8 %)

(1) primiparity, (2) coagulation disorders

(3) anatomic variant of the uterine arterial vasculature

These three factors were significant in multivariate analysis.

7

Lee [11]

2012

251

217 (86 %)

34 (14 %)

(1) cesarean section, (2) DIC, (3) transfusion > 10 RBC units

(2) and (3) were significant in multivariate analysis.

8

Poujade [12]

2012

98

90 (92 %)

8 (8 %)

(1) placenta accreta spectrum, (2) biologic factor (hemoglobin level, prothrombin time, fibrinogen level), (3) transfusional factor (RBC and FFP transfusion, the number of packed RBC units)

No multivariate analysis.

9

Kim [4]

2013

257

233 (91 %)

24 (9 %)

(1) hemodynamic instability, (2) hemoglobin level < 8 g/dL

(3) DIC, (4) the existent of extravasation

Only DIC was significant in multivariate analysis.

10

Cheong [13]

2014

117

103 (88 %)

14 (12 %)

(1) DIC, (2) transfusion > 10 RBC units

(3) embolization both uterine and ovarian arteries

(2) and (3) were significant in multivariate analysis.

11

Zhang [14]

2015

68

53 (78 %)

15 (22 %)

(1) hemodynamic instability, (2) hemoglobin level < 9.5 g/dL

(3) DIC

No multivariate analysis.

12

Tanahashi [15]

2017

57

43 (75 %)

14 (25 %)

(1) uterine height, (2) systolic blood pressure

(3) hemoglobin level

(1) and (2) were significant in multivariate analysis.

13

Lai [16]

2017

33

24 (73 %)

9 (27 %)

(1) maternal age, (2) blood loss, (3) platelet count

(4) history of miscarriage

(1) and (3) were significant in multivariate analysis.

14

Aoki [17]

2018

33

28 (85 %)

5 (15 %)

(1) retained placental tissue, (2) type of ovarian artery

(3) the existent of extravasation

No multivariate analysis.

15

Ueshima [18]

2018

63

45 (71 %)

18 (29 %)

(1) uterine arteriography classification, (2) placenta disorders

Only uterine arteriography classification was significant in multivariate analysis.