Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Characteristics | n = 21 |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 15 (71.4) |
| Female | 6 (28.6) |
| Age, mean ± SD, yr | 51 ± 16.9 |
| Race, n (%) | |
| Hispanic | 16 (76.2) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 5 (23.8) |
| Etiology of pancreatitis, n (%) | |
| Biliary | 17 (81.0) |
| Alcohol | 3 (14.3) |
| Idiopathic | 1 (4.7) |
| Location of WON, n (%) | |
| Body | 17 (81.0) |
| Entire pancreas | 2 (9.5) |
| Head | 1 (4.7) |
| Tail | 1 (4.7) |
| WON dimension, mean ± SD, cm | 13.4 ± 5.0 |
| Indication for DEN, n (%)1 | |
| Persistent vomiting | 14 (66.7) |
| Abdominal pain | 13 (61.9) |
| Infection/sepsis | 6 (28.6) |
1
Indications may overlap. WON: Walled-off necrosis; DEN: Direct endoscopic necrosectomy.