Table 4.

Materials used for the bridge technique

	Needle	Wire	Dilation	Stent	Cystotome
Ogura et al., 2015[13]	19G Sono Tip, Pro Control (Medi-Globe GmbH, Rosenheim, Germany)	VisiGlide (Olympus Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan)	MTW (Endoscopy, Dusseldorf, Germany; ExPander Biliary; Medi-Globe GmbH; or Medico’s Hirata, Inc., Osaka, Japan)	Zilver 635 biliary self-expanding stent; end-bare type stent; or Niti-S biliary covered stent (Taewong Medical, Seoul, South Korea)
Moryoussef et al., 2017[18]	19G (Cook Medical, Winston Salem, NC)	Jagwire (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA)		Zylver (Cook Medical)	Endoflex (Boucart Medical, Brussels, Belgium)
Caillol et al., 2019[19]	Access or echo tip (Cook Medical)	Jagwire (Boston Scientific) and Acrobat 2 (Cook Medical)		Zylver stent, Boston stent, or covered stent (Wallflex, Boston Scientific; or Hanarostent, MI-Tech, Life Partners Europe, Bagnolet, France)	Endoflex (Boucart Medical)