Outcomes of Endoscopic-Ultrasound-Guided Cholangiopancreatography: A Literature Review

Table 3

Published EUS-CP series on intrahepatic (left) biliary tree drainage (involving ≥5 patients).

Year	Author	𝑁	Indication	Initial ERCP	Techniques	Technical success	Clinical Success	Complication
2006	Kahaleh et al. [28]	13	Both	Sb	11 R*; 1 T	12/13 (92.3%)	12/12 (100%)	1/13 (7.7%)
2007	Bories et al. [38]	11	Both	Sb	T	10/11 (91%)	10/10 (100%)	4/11 (36%)
2007	Will et al. [7]	10^#	Both	Sb	T	9/10 (90%)	8/9 (88.9%)	1/8 (12.5%)
2009	Maranki et al. [12]	35	Both	Sb (mostly)	24 R; 3 T; 2 A	29/35 (83%)	29/35 (83%)	5/35 (14.3%)
2009	Horaguchi et al. [14]	7	M	Sb	T	7/7 (100%)	6/7 (86%)	1/7 (14.3%)
2011	Park do et al. [11]	31	Both	Sm	T	31/31 (100%)	27/31 (87%)	5/31 (16%)
2011	Weilert et al. [39]	6	B	n/a	4 A; 2 R	6/6 (100%)	6/6 (100%)	1/6 (17%)
2012	Iwashita et al. [36]	9	Both	Sm	R	4/9 (44%)	4/4 (100%)	1/9 (11%)
	Total	123			63 T; 46 R; 6 A	109/123 (88.6%)	103/109 (94.5%)	19/123 (15%)

EUS-CP: endoscopic-ultrasound-guided cholangiopancreatography, 𝑁: number of patients, B: benign, M: malignant, Sb: subsequent day, Sm: same day/session, D: ductography, T: transluminal, R: rendezvous, A: antegrade, n/a: not applicable/mentioned. *In few cases stents might have been placed antegrade. ^#10 interventions in 8 patients.