Table 2.
Procedural and outcomes data
| EUS-gastroenterostomy in benign gastric outlet obstruction (n=22) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Procedure time, mean ± SD minutes | 66 | 33.5 |
| Technical success, no. (%) | 21 | 95.4% |
| Anastomosis | ||
| · Gastroduodenal | 5 | |
| · Gastrojejunal | 16 | |
| Cases requiring second overlapping stent | 2 | |
| Clinical outcome | ||
| Outpatient cases, no. (%) | 6 | 27.2% |
| Adverse events (severity grade) | ||
| · Abdominal pain, mild | 1 | |
| · Bleeding, severe | 1 | |
| · LAMS migration and impaction, severe | 1 | |
| · EUS-GJ LAMS traversed through colon, severe | 1 | |
| Outpatients discharged to home, no. (%) | 4 | 66.6% |
| Recurrent GOO while LAMS in place | 5 | |
| LAMS dwell time before recurrent GOO, mean ± SD days | 228 | 242 |
| Recurrent GOO with LAMS in place requiring conversion to surgery | 2 | |
| Patients with elective stent removal, no. (%) | 15 | 83.3% |
| Length of time stent left in place, mean ± SD days | 270 | 273 |
| Length of follow-up, median (range), days | 465.5 | 82 - 1263 |