TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Age, median (range), years | 71 (40–88) |
| Sex (male/female) | 21/16 |
| Disease, n | |
| Pancreatic cancer | 17 |
| Gastric cancer | 10 |
| Gallbladder cancer | 2 |
| Bile duct cancer | 2 |
| Other malignancy | 5 |
| Choledocholithiasis | 1 |
| Reasons for EUS‐guided biliary drainage | |
| Surgically altered anatomy | 20 |
| Duodenal obstruction | 10 |
| Obscured ampulla due to invasive cancer | 2 |
| Segmental cholangitis difficult to control with ERCP | 5 |
| Site of the bile duct stenosis | |
| Distal bile duct | 27 |
| Hilar bile duct | 6 |
| Choledochojejunal anastomosis | 2 |
| Distal plus hilar | 1 |
| N/A | 1 |
| Puncture target | |
| B2 | 14 |
| B3 | 23 |
| Puncture site | |
| Stomach | 30 |
| Jejunum | 7 |
| Diameter of the target bile duct | 4.5 (2.5–9.4) |
Notes: Values are median (range), or n.
Abbreviations: ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; N/A, not applicable.