Zhiyuan Zheng, Zhiquan Zhuang, Minjie Yang, Jianjun Luo, Wen Zhang, Zhiping Yan, Xiaolin Wang
Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of bronchial artery embolization (BAE) for hemoptysis. Methods and materials: Databases with articles published in English, including Pubmed, Embase, Web of science and Chochrane library, were comprehensively searched to get accurate, up-to-date and sufficient literature about BAE for hemoptysis until March 2020. The technical success rates, immediate control rates, recurrence rates, mortality rates, and total complication rates (minor and major complication rates) extracted from the articles were pooled to estimate and assess the efficacy and safety of BAE using random-effect and fixed-effect models...
November 2021: J Interv Med