Endoscopic gastric fenestration of debriding pancreatic walled-off necrosis: A pilot study

Table 1 The baseline characteristics of all five patients in this study

Characteristics	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5
Age/sex	56/female	63/male	45/male	72/male	64/female
Etiology of NP	High fat diet and cholelithiasis	Cholelithiasis	High fat diet and cholelithiasis	High fat diet	High fat diet and cholelithiasis
Time interval between NP onset and endoscopic procedures (mo)	3	1.3	17	3.5	1.7
Clinical symptoms	Pancreatic pain and gastric outlet obstruction	Pancreatic pain and gastric outlet obstruction	Intra-cystic infection and hemorrhage	Gastric outlet obstruction	Pancreatic pain and gastric outlet obstruction
Diameter of WON (cm)	10.3	13	13.9	9.3	19.5
Multiple cysts of WON	No	No	2 cysts without communication	3 cysts with communication	No

NP: Necrotizing pancreatitis; WON: Walled-off necrosis.