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Table 5.

Important features of each procedure

	EUS-BEA	EUS-RV	EUS-AT
Indication	Patients with malignant biliary obstruction after failed ERCP	Patients with failed biliary cannulation in ERCP	Patients with malignant biliary obstruction after failed ERCP
Advantage	Not traversing the malignant stricture	Leading to ERCP related procedure	Possible in patients with altered upper GI anatomy
Weak point	Necessity of fistula dilation	Difficult guidewire manipulation	Difficult guidewire manipulation
Weak point	Lack of dedicated stent	Difficulty in patient who was not accessible to the papilla	Difficult guidewire manipulation

ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS-RV: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided rendezvous procedure; EUS-BEA: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided bilioenteric anastomosis; GI: Gastrointestinal; US-AT: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided antegrade treatment.