Endoscopic ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation therapy for tumors

Table 2 Summary of endoscopic ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Ref.	n	Maximum diameter (mm)	Ethanol	Volume (mL)	Complications
Jurgensen et al[25]	1	13	95%	8.0	Pain in the upper abdomen
					A mild increase of serum lipase activity
Muscatiello et al[26]	1	11 and 7	40%	2.0	A small pancreatic necrotic lesion
Deprez et al[28]			98%	3.5	A mild elevation of pancreatic enzymes
					Hematoma ulceration of the duodenal wall
Vleggaar et al[29]	1	10	96%	0.3	None
Levy et al[30]	5	18	95%	0.1	None
				0.4
				0.1
		20	98%	0.1
				0.3
		21	98%	1.0
				0.3
		8	98%	3.0
				1.5
		16	99%	0.7
				1.0