Table 4.

Procedures Considered Suitable for Delay and Re-evaluation

ERCP for incidentally found/asymptomatic choledocholithiasis

ERCP for elective pancreatic or biliary stent change

ERCP for evaluation of nonobstructing pancreatic or biliary stricture

EUS for pancreatic cyst

EUS for subepithelial nonobstructing mass

EMR/ESD of benign lesions or superficial malignant cancers

ERCP/EUS for evaluation/surveillance/treatment of premalignant or malignant conditions, staging malignancy before chemotherapy or surgery

EGD for elective therapy of varices

EUS for asymptomatic fluid collections

EGD for upper GI tract stent exchange

ERCP for incidentally found or syndromic-related ampullary adenoma

All endobariatric procedures

Ablative techniques for LGD/HGD Barrett’s esophagus

EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy; EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; GI, gastrointestinal; HGD, high-grade dysplasia; LGD, low-grade dysplasia.