Endoscopic ultrasonography guided drainage: Summary of consortium meeting, May 21, 2012, San Diego, California

Table 4 Summary of published data on endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage

Ref.	No. of cases	Device for puncture	Approach route	Technical success	Clinical success	Stent	Complication (No. of cases)
Baron et al[70] (2007)	1	19 G FN	TD	100%	100%	7F PS	None
Kwan et al[71] (2007)	3	19 G FN/FT/CT	TD	100%	100%	8.5F NBD	Bile leakage (1)
Lee et al[72] (2007)	9	19 G FN	TD	100%	100%	5F NBD	Pneumoperitoneum (1)1
Kamata et al[74] (2009)	1	19 G FN	TG	100%	100%	7F PS	None
Takasawa et al[73] (2009)	1	NK	TG	100%	100%	7F PS	None
Song et al[75] (2010)	8	19 G FN +/- NK	1TG/7TD	100%	100%	7F PS	Bile Leakage (1), pneumoperitoneum (1), stent migration (1)
Súbtil et al[81] (2010)	4	CT/NK	TG	100%	100%	8.5F PS	None
Jang et al[77] (2011)	15	19 G FN/NK	10TG/5TD	100%	100%	New SEMS	Pneumoperitoneum (2)
Jang et al[79] (2012)	30	19 G FN/NK	TG/TD	97%	100%	5F NBD	Pneumoperitoneum (2)
Itoi et al[78] (2012)	5	19 G FN/1 CT	1TG/4TD	100%	100%	New SEMS	Mild bleeding (1)
de la Serna-Higuera et al[80] (2013)	13	CT	12TG/1TD	84.6%	100%	New SEMS	Hematochezia (1/11), pain (1/11)

¹Minor bile leakage without serious bile peritonitis. G: Gauge; NK: Needle knife; FT: Fistulotome; CT: Cystotome; PS: Plastic stent; NBD: Naso-Gallbladder Drain; TD: TransDuodenal; Approach TG: TransGastric approach; Partially covered SEMS: Partially cover self expandable metallic stent.