. 2015 Apr 10;3(2):E154–E160. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1391481

Table 1. Studies utilizing fully covered self-expanding metal stents (fcSEMS) for drainage of walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WON).

Study	No. of patients	No. of procedures (by patient)	Etiology	Largest diameter (cm)	Location	Complications	Technical success (%)	Clinical success (%)	With stent (wk)	Follow-up (wk)
Yamamoto et al. ³	4	9	^*	32	^*	None	100	50 (1 required surgical necrosectomy and 1 died)	5.7	^*
		–	^*	8	^*				–	^*
		3	^*	30	^*				–	^*
		4	^*	10	^*				3.6	^*
Belle et al. ⁵	4	3	3 biliary-induced and 1 ETOH-induced	^*	^*	None	100	100	4	147
		3		^*	^*	Transitory outlet obstruction			5	9
		2		^*	^*	None			9	5
		3		^*	^*	None			147	4
Berzosa et al. ¹	2	1	Gallstone pancreatitis	6	Body	None	100	100	11	22
		–	–	8	Tail				–	–
		–	–	–	–				–	–
		1	Pancreatic abscess	6	Neck				8	7
		–	–	4	Body				–	–
Tarantino et al. ⁷	1	1	Necrotizing acute pancreatitis	20	Head, body	None	100	100	12	^*
Fabbri et al. ¹⁵	10	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	10	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Alcoholic acute pancreatitis	15	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	–	Surgical complication after cholecystectomy	6	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	20	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	15	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Post-ERCP pancreatitis	8	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	16	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	18	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	20	^*	None	100	100	^*	^*
–	–	^*	Acute biliary pancreatitis	20	^*	Migration and sepsis (surgery)	^*	^*	^*	^*
Hritz et al. ¹⁴	4	^*	Gallstone pancreatitis	14	Stomach and body of the pancreas	None	100	75	1	6
–	–	^*	^*	11	Posterior wall of the stomach and the pancreas	None			1	6
–	–	^*	Idiopathic	10	Retrogastric	None			1	6
–	–	^*	^*	8.5	^*	None			1	6

Abbreviation: ETOH, ethanol.

Not mentioned.