Comparison of Prophylactic Transcatheter Arterial Embolization and Standard Therapy in High-Risk Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Meta-Analysis.

Need for additional procedures and blood transfusions The available evidence suggests a trend towards lower rates of reinterventions following P-TAE compared to NE, but this difference did not reach statistical significance, such as repeat endoscopy (OR: 0.57, 95% CI: 0.26 - 1.23, P = 0.15, I 2 = 0%), salvage TAE (OR: 0.33, 95% CI: 0.08 - 1.31, P = 0.13, I 2 = 0%), and surgical interventions (OR: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.33 - 1.40, P = 0.29, I 2 = 0%).

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