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. 2023 Jun 7;29(21):3341–3361. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i21.3341

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies reporting lumen-apposing metal stents misdeployment during endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy

Ref.
Study design
Study population (n)
Clinical indication
Technical success (%)
LAMS misdeployment (n)
LAMS type
Size of LAMS (mm)
Use of guidewire
LAMS flange misdeployed
Rescue therapy
Anderloni et al[20], 2019 Retrospective single center 46 MBO 93.5 3 Hot Axios - No Distal (1/3), not specified (2/3) Rendezvous technique with transpapillary placement of 10 mm × 40 mm FCSEMS after advancing a guidewire through the existing fistula into the bile duct and then across the papilla (1/3); 10 mm × 10 mm LAMS placement through the existing fistula (1/3); double-pigtail plastic stent placement across the LAMS (1/3)
Di Mitri R et al[21], 2022 Retrospective single center 31 MBO 80.6 7 Hot Axios 8 mm × 8 mm (6/7) 10 mm × 10 mm (1/7) Yes Distal Over-the-wire FCSEMS placement (5/7); transpapillary percutaneous-transhepatic-endoscopic rendezvous (1/7); transpapillary laparoscopic-endoscopic rendezvous (1/7)
Rajadurai et al[22], 2022 Retrospective multicenter 66 MBO 90.9 6 Hot Axios - No (4/6). Yes (2/6) Distal Over-the-wire FCSEMS placement (2/6); laparotomy (2/6); EUS-GBD (1/6); palliation due to rapid deterioration (1/6)
Jacques et al[23], 2019 Retrospective multicenter 52 MBO 88.5 4 Hot Axios - - Distal (1/4), proximal (1/4 intraperitoneal, 2/4 intraparietal) Stent-in-stent strategy with SEMS (1/4); ERCP rendezvous (1/4); repeat classic EUS-CDS with SEMS (2/4)
Jacques et al[24], 2020 Retrospective multicenter 70 MBO 98.6 1 Hot Axios - - No evidence of bile flow even if stent was correctly in situ Stent-in-stent strategy
El Chafic et al[25], 2019 Retrospective multicenter 67 MBO 95.5 2 Hot Axios - Yes - Over the same guidewire FCSEMS placement (all)
Fugazza et al[26], 2022 Retrospective multicenter 256 MBO 93.3 17 Hot Axios - - - Over the guidewire SEMS placement (10/17); deployment of a second LAMS (4/17); EUS-guided rendezvous with subsequent placement of a transpapillary stent (3/17)
Hindryckx and Degroote[27], 2021 Retrospective single center 13 - 92.3 1 Hot Axios 8 mm × 6 mm Yes Distal Clip closure of duodenal defect and new EUS-CDS with 8 mm × 6 mm LAMS
Armellini et al[28], 2023 Case report 1 Difficult biliary lithiasis - 1 Hot Axios 8 mm × 8 mm Yes Distal Rendezvous technique with transpapillary placement of FCSEMS after advancing a guidewire directly through the LAMS and choledochal breach into the bile duct and then across the papilla
Teoh et al[29], 2021 Prospective multicenter 26 MBO 88.5 3 Cold spaxus - Yes Entirely into the bile duct Over the guidewire SEMS placement
Fugazza et al[30], 2020 Case report 1 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma - 1 Axios 6 mm × 8 mm Yes Proximal Stent-in-stent strategy using SEMS
Brückner et al[31], 2015 Case series 5 MBO 80 1 Cold Axios 6 mm × 8 mm Yes Distal Over the guidewire stent placement
Vanella et al[32], 2023 Retrospective study of prospectively maintained databases 93 MBO 97.8 4 Hot Axios - No Distal (2/4); misdeployments after both flanges release (2/4) Repeat EUS-CDS (1/4); inserting a guidewire through the LAMS catheter followed by over the guidewire LAMS placement (1/4) (the effective rescue therapies were counted as technical success); PTBD (2/4)
de Benito Sanz et al[33], 2021 Retrospective single center 37 MBO 100 4 - - - Distal (2/4); not specified (2/4) Stent-in-stent strategy (the effective rescue therapies were counted as technical success)
Garcia-Sumalla et al[34], 2021 Retrospective multicenter 41 MBO 95.1 2 Hot Axios - - No evidence of bile flow even if stent was correctly in situ; distal flange Stent-in-stent strategy using SEMS; rendezvous technique with placement of a transpapillary FCSEMS
Sanchez-Ocana et al[35], 2022 Case report 1 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma - 1 Axios 8 mm × 8 mm Yes Distal EUS-guided gallbladder drainage as a portal for antegrade transcystic guidewire passage, followed by rendezvous ERCP with placement of a biliary metal stent and clips to seal the perforation
Graves et al[36], 2021 Case report 1 Pancreatic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma - 1 Axios 10 mm × 10 mm No Distal A bridging 10 mm × 8 mm FCSEMS was deployed over the guidewire and through theccessing LAMS
Chin et al[37], 2020 Retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database 56 MBO 100 1 Axios - - - Over the guidewire tubular biliary stent placement (the effective rescue therapy was counted as technical success)
On et al[38], 2022 Retrospective multicenter 120 MBO 90.8 7 Hot Axios - No (4/7). Yes (3/7) - Bridging stents (5/7), PTBD (1/7), conservative management (1/7)
Ligresti et al[39], 2018 Case report 1 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma - 1 Axios 8 mm × 8 mm Yes Distal Reinsertion of the delivery system over the guide wire and second deployment of distal flange into common bile duct under EUS guidance

MBO: Malignant biliary obstruction; FCSEMS: Fully covered self-expanding metal stent; SEMS: Self-expanding metal stent; LAMS: Lumen-apposing metal stent; EUS-GBD: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS-CDS: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy; PTBD: Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.