Table 1. Patient demographic data.

	Successful EUS-HE (n = 53)	Unsuccessful EUS-HE (n = 7)	All Procedures (n = 60)
Median age (SD)	66 (± 16)	53.7 (± 18.7)	68 (± 15.2)
Number of females (%)	30 (55.6 %)	5 (71.4 %)	35 (81.4 %)
Surgically altered anatomy (%)	30 (55.6 %)	5 (71.4 %)	35 (81.4 %)
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass	13	3	16
Roux-en-Y Hepaticogastrostomy	7	0	7
Billroth II	2	1	3
Whipple	6	0	6
Gastrojejunostomy	1	0	1
Right Lobe Hepatectomy	1	0	1
Unspecified	0	1	1
Outpatient cases (%)	29 (54.7 %)	6 (85.7 %)	35 (81.4 %)
Prior unsuccessful ERCP (%)	21 (39.6 %)	1 (14.3 %)	22 (51.2 %)
Reason for prior unsuccessful ERCP
Unable to reach papilla	5	0	5
Unable to recognize papilla	1	0	1
Unable to cannulate	5	0	5
Unable to advance wire beyond stricture	8	1	9
Embedded bile duct stent	1	0	1
Unsuccessful drainage of liver abscess	1	0	1
Indication for EUS-HG
Biliary obstruction	50	6	56
Treatment of bile leak	3	1	4
Etiology of bile duct obstruction
Malignant obstruction	22 (41.5 %)	1 (14.3 %)	23 (53.5 %)
Pancreatic cancer	11	0	11
Cholangiocarcinoma	2	1	3
Gastric cancer	1	0	1
Metastatic colon cancer	2	0	2
Metastatic lung cancer	1	0	1
Metastatic breast cancer	2	0	2
Ampullary carcinoma	1	0	1
Hepatocellular carcinoma (fibrolamellar subtype)	1	0	1
Malignant stricture, unidentified primary	1	0	1
Benign obstruction	28 (52.8 %)	5 (71.4 %)	33 (76.7 %)
Common bile duct stone	9	2	11
Chronic pancreatitis	4	1	5
Occluded biliary stent	1	0	1
Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis	1	0	1
Inflammatory stricture	2	0	2
Benign post-surgical stricture	10	2	12
Indeterminant stricture	1	0	1

EUS-HE, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticoenterostomy; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography