Research Article
Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Rendezvous Drainage of Biliary Obstruction Using a New Flexible 19-Gauge Fine Needle Aspiration Needle
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study population.
| Characteristics | EUS-RV () |
| Age, y, mean (±SD) | 69.1 (±16.8) | Female, number (%) | 15 (60) | Race | | Hispanic, number (%) | 15 (60) | White, number (%) | 8 (32) | Other, number (%) | 2 (8) | BMI (±SD) | 27.4 (±6.5) | Indications | | Malignant obstruction, number (%) | 13 (52) | Benign obstruction, number (%) | 10 (40) | Bile leak, number (%) | 1 (4) | Biliary dilation, number (%) | 1 (4) | Inpatient, number (%) | 18 (72) | Outpatient, number (%) | 7 (28) |
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