Table 6 Comparisons of clinical outcomes between coil and gelfoam

Success rate

1st

92.4 (391/423)

83.9 (94/112)

0.0060^a

2.34 (1.26–4.35)

2nd

87.7 (128/146)

85.2 (69/81)

0.39

1.41 (0.66–3.03)

Severe complication

1st

12.5 (61/487)

41.6 (42/101)

<0.0001^a

0.20 (0.12–0.32)

2nd

20.0 (26/130)

34.2 (25/73)

0.02

0.48 (0.26–0.90)

DC III

1st

7.3 (36/493)

20.9 (23/110)

<0.0001^a

0.30 (0.17–0.53)

2nd

10.2 (13/128)

21.5 (17/79)

0.03

0.43 (0.20–0.92)