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Comparison of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with Stenting for Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis or Occlusion in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Abstract

Objectives

A common cause of hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction, a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis, is central venous stenosis or occlusion. The present study compared percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement (PTS) for treatment of central venous stenosis or central vein occlusion in hemodialysis patients.

Methods

A systematic literature review was conducted using database searches of PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase. Articles were selected using the Population/Intervention/Comparator/Outcomes (PICO) process. Outcomes included the rate of procedural success, primary patency, assisted primary patency, re-intervention subjects, re-intervention rate, and adverse events.

Results

A total of eight studies were included in the meta-analysis with subjects in the PTA group (n = 281) or PTS group (n = 192). Primary patency rate between PTA and PTS groups at 3-, 6-, 12-, or 24-month follow-up was not different (all p > 0.05). Patients treated with PTA had greater assisted primary patency rates than the PTS group (OR = 1.03, 1.73, 1.03, and 2.00 at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively). However, the statistical assessment only showed significantly at 24-month follow-up (p = 0.01).

Conclusions

The present meta-analysis revealed that, compared to PTS, PTA may provide increased assisted primary patency for endovascular treatment of central vein stenosis or occlusion in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Level of Evidence

Level 3a.

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  1. Division of Peripheral Vascular Medicine, Department of Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tien-Yu Wu

  2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chung-Kuan Wu

  3. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, No 95, Wen Chang Road, Shih-lin 111, Taipei, Taiwan

    Yen-Yang Chen & Chia-Hsun Lin

  4. School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

    Chung-Kuan Wu & Chia-Hsun Lin

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Wu, TY., Wu, CK., Chen, YY. et al. Comparison of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with Stenting for Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis or Occlusion in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 525–540 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-019-02383-7

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