Efficacy and Safety of Lumen Apposing Self-Expandable Metal Stents for EUS Guided Cholecystostomy: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Table 1

Study characteristics.

Author	Year	Number of patients	Study type	Type of stent
Walter et al.	2015	30	Prospective	Axios
Law et al.	2016	7	Retrospective	Axios
Takagi et al.	2016	16	Retrospective	BONA
Chan et al.	2016	25	Retrospective	Axios
Choi et al.	2016	14	Case control	Regular stent
Ge et al.	2016	7	Retrospective	Micro Tech
Song et al.	2010	8	Prospective	Regular stent
Song et al.	2012	15	Prospective	BONA
Itoi et al.	2012	5	Retrospective	Axios
Serna-Higuera et al.	2013	13	Prospective	Axios
Jang et al.	2012	15	Prospective	BONA
Irani et al.	2015	15	Retrospective	Axios
Choi et al.	2014	63	Retrospective	BONA