From: Hepatic arterial embolization in patients with neuroendocrine tumors
Paper | Number and type of NEN | Number of TAE | Complications | Death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Loewe et al. 2003[7] | 23 small-bowel NENs | 75 | Decreased body weight 1 (1%) | 2 (8%) |
 | Leg pain 1 (1%) |  | ||
Gupta et al. 2003[18] | 69 carcinoids | Carcinoids: | Serious adverse events 19 (15%)* | 1 (1%) |
 | 54 PNENs | 42 TAE/27 TACE |  | |
 | PNENs: |  | ||
 | 32 TAE/22 TACE |  | ||
Carrasco et al. 1986[32] | 25 carcinoids | 25 | - - - | 2 (8%) |
 | (23 evaluable) |  | ||
Strosberg et al. 2006[36] | 59 carcinoids | 161 | - - - | 2 (2%) |
 | 20 PNENs |  | ||
 | 5 unspecified NENs |  | ||
Hanssen et al. 1989[39] | 19 carcinoids | 7 | - - - | - - - |
 | (7 evaluable) |  | ||
Wangberg et al. 1996[40] | 64 carcinoids | 40 | - - - | Increased risk of cardiovascular deaths (not specified) |
Eriksson et al. 1998[41] | 29 carcinoids | 55 | Unspecified severe complications 6 (10%) | 13 (31%) |
 | 12 PNENs |  | ||
Brown et al. 1999[42] | 21 carcinoids | 63 | Unspecified severe complications 11 (17%) | 4 (6%) |
 | 14 PNENs |  | ||
Chamberlain et al. 2000[43] | 41 carcinoids | 59 | - - - | 4 (6%) |
 | 26 non functional PNENs |  | ||
 | 18 functional PNENs |  | ||
Ruutiainen et al. 2007[44] | 67 unspecified NENs | 23 TAE/44 TACE | Unspecified toxicity 34 (50%)* | (1) 1.4%* |
 | (219 procedures) |  | ||
Ho et al. 2007[45] | 46 NENs | 7 TAE/86 TACE | Unspecified complications 9 (10%)* | 4 (4.3%) |
 | (31 carcinoids; 15 PNEN) |  | ||
Kamat et al. 2008[46] | 60 unspecified NENs | 33 TAE/27 TACE | Unspecified complications 21 (35%)* | 12 (20%) |
 | (123 procedures) |  | ||
Pitt et al. 2008[47] | 100 unspecified NENs | 106TAE/123TACE | Liver abscesses, ileus, groin hematoma, hypotension 7 (13%) TAE hematoma, acute renal failure, and a biloma 3 (6%) TACE | 3 (3%)* |
Sward et al. 2009[48] | 107 carcinoids | 213 | Liver abscess 4 (4%) | 2 (2%) |
 | Mild pancreatitis 1 (1%) |  | ||
 | Accidental occlusions of the common hepatic artery 2 (2%) |  | ||
Fiore et al. 2014[50] | 12 PNENs | 38 TAE/37 TACE | Post-embolization syndrome 6 (40%) TAE | 0% |
 | 16 NENs ileum |  | Post-embolization syndrome 8 (60%) TACE |  |
 | 2 NENs colon |  |