Comparison of Hemospray® and Endoclot™ for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 3 Etiology of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and success in bleeding management (short term, long term, re-bleeding rate)

	HS and EC (n = 137)	Hemospray (n = 102)	Endoclot (n = 25)
Reflux esophagitis, n	17	16	1
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	92, 60, 0	100, 33, 0	100, 0, 0
Primary ST, LT, RR (%)	100, 100, 0	100, 100, 0	0
Salvage ST, LT, RR (%)	100, 100, 0	100, 100, 0	100, 0, 0
OG variceal disease, n	13	11	2
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	85, 56, 38	91, 50, 45	100, 100, 0
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	75, 25, 75	66, 66, 100	100, 100, 0
Salvage ST, LT, RBR (%)	100, 80, 22	100, 80, 25	100, 0, 0
Peptic ulcer disease, n	49	34	12
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	80, 57, 34	80, 59, 29	84, 50, 31
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	79, 67, 21	81, 71, 18	75, 50, 25
Salvage ST, LT, RBR (%)	81, 67, 46	78, 40, 50	90, 62,3 0
Angiodysplasia, -ectasia, n	8	6	1
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	75, 85, 0	66, 80, 0	100, 100,0
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	75, 100, 0	75, 100, 0	0
Salvage ST, LT, RBR (%)	75, 75, 0	50, 50, 0	100, 100, 0
Diffuse bleeding and erosions, n	22	16	4
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	77, 72, 36	87, 84, 25	66, 66, 33
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	78, 67, 33	100, 100, 0	75, 50, 25
Salvage ST, LT, RBR (%)	66, 70, 58	71, 66, 57	100, 50, 50
Cancer bleeding, n	15	12	1
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	81, 85, 10	85, 92, 10	100, 100, 0
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	100, 100, 0	100, 100, 0	100, 100, 0
Salvage ST, LT, RRB (%)	67, 50, 0	67, 75, 17	0
Other bleeding sources, n	13	7	4
Overall ST, LT, RBR (%)	70, 70, 40	75, 58, 58	86, 75, 28
Primary ST, LT, RBR (%)	62, 60, 50	50, 43, 62	80, 67, 20
Salvage ST, LT, RBR (%)	77, 69, 36	100, 100, 0	100, 75, 30

Other bleeding sources: Mallory Weiss lesions, aortoduodenal fistula, posttraumatic, bleeding after surgery, anastomosis bleeding. ST: Short term success; LT: Long term success; RBR: Re-bleeding rate; OG: Oesophageal and gastric; HS and EC: Including patients who received both Hemospray and Endoclot at different time points.