Endoscopic ultrasound in the management of complications related to cirrhosis- recent evidence

Table 5 Characteristics of the included studies on endoscopic ultrasound-guided caudate lobe ablation and sampling

Ref.	Type of study	Study setting	Country	Number of patients	Mean age (years)	Male/female	Comments/major findings
De et al[27]	Prospective	Single center	India	1	64	1/0 (0)	Complete ablation of small caudate lobe tumor using EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation
Attili et al[28]	Prospective	Single center	Italy	1	75	1/0 (0)	First documented case of EUS-guided caudate lobe tumor ablation
Katrevula et al[29]	Prospective	Single center	India	1	48	1/0 (0)	Successful ablation of caudate lobe tumor using EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation
de Nucci et al[30]	Prospective	Single center	Italy	10	78.6	5/5 (50)	Case series detailing EUS-guided caudate lobe tumor ablation of larger tumor

EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound.