Use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage as a rescue approach in cases of unsuccessful biliary drainage

Table 2 Studies comparing endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage vs percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage outcomes for acute cholecystitis

Ref.	Number of patients	Procedure	Technical success (%)	Clinical success (%)	Adverse events (%)
Jang et al[28]	59	EUS-GBD	97	100	7
		PTGBD	97	96	3
Kedia et al[29]	73	EUS-GBD	97.6	97.6	13.3
		PTGBD	100	86.7	39.5
Teoh et al[30]	118	EUS-GBD	96.6	89.8	32.2
		PTGBD	100	94.9	74.6
Irani et al[31]	90	EUS-GBD	98	96	11
		PTGBD	100	91	32
Tyberg et al[32]	155	EUS-GBD	95	95	21.4
		PTGBD	99	86	21.2

EUS-GBD: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage; PTGBD: Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage.