Table 2 Risks of rebleeding in gastric and esophageal varices after treatment with cyanoacrylate alone or in combination with other treatments

Cyanoacrylate alone

0.15 (0.11–0.18)

0.29 (0.11–0.47)

Cyanoacrylate combined with ethanolamine

0.08 (0.02–0.14)

0.02 (− 0.02–0.05).

Cyanoacrylate combined with endoscopic ultrasound guided coils

0.07 (0.03–0.11)

–

Cyanoacrylate combined with percutaneous transhepatic variceal embolization

0.10 (0.03–0.17) ^a

0.16 (0.10–0.22)

Cyanoacrylate combined with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

–

0.06(−0.01–0.12) ^a

Cyanoacrylate combined with sclerotherapy

0.10 (0.05–0.18) ^a

0.12 (0.04–0.20) ^a.

Cyanoacrylate combined with band ligation

–

0.10 (0.04–0.24) ^a

Cyanoacrylate combined with polidocanol

0.10 (0.02–0.19) ^a

–

Cyanoacrylate combined with lipiodol

0.13 (0.03–0.22) ^a

–

Cyanoacrylate combined with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration