Table 1. Patient demographics.
EUS-GBD patients with cirrhosis (n = 15) | ||
Age, mean ± SD | 61 | 17.1 |
Number of females (%) | 9 | 60 |
Etiology of cirrhosis | ||
Chronic Hepatitis C virus, n (%) | 2 | 13 |
Alcohol, n (%) | 4 | 27 |
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, n (%) | 8 | 53 |
Autoimmune, n (%) | 1 | 7 |
Child-Pugh class | ||
A | 3 | 20 |
B | 10 | 67 |
C | 2 | 13 |
Ascites grade at time of procedure | ||
0 | 5 | 33 |
1 | 7 | 47 |
2 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
INR at time of procedure | ||
< 1.5 | 8 | 53 |
1.5 – 2.5 | 7 | 47 |
MELD-Na, mean ± SD | 15 | 7 |
Indication for EUS-GBD | ||
Acute cholecystitis, n (%) | 11 | 73 |
Chronic cholecystitis, n (%) | 2 | 13 |
Recurrent gallstone pancreatitis, n (%) | 2 | 13 |
Surgical consultation for cholecystectomy, n (%) | 9 | 60 |
Indwelling percutaneous cholecystostomy tube, n (%) | 3 | 20 |
EUS-GBD, endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage; SD, standard deviation; INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease.