Table 6.
% of Patients | |||||
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Author | # Patients | Average Survival (months) | % Survival @ 12 months | Pain Reduction | Incidence of Pancreatitis |
Kovach et al. [5] | 9 | 5 | - | 66% | 0% (0/9) |
Niu et al. [88] | 32 | 15.9 | 54% | >50% | 0% (0/32) |
Xu et al. [60] | 49 | 16 | 63% | - | 12% (6/49) |
Xu et al. [61] | 59 | 8.4 | 34% | - | 5% (3/59) |
Wu et al. [90] | 10 | 3 month follow-up | - | 6.9 to 2.0 | 0% (0/10) |