Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n=57)
| Characteristics | n |
|---|---|
| Age (years), median (range) | 68 (7–90) |
| Sex (male: female) | 28:29 |
| Underlying disease | |
| Bilioenteric anastomotic stricture | 28 |
| IHBD stones | 8 |
| CBD stones | 15 |
| Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis | 2 |
| WON | 1 |
| Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis | 1 |
| Left lobe hepatic injury | 1 |
| Bile duct polyp | 1 |
| Indication for EUS-HGS | |
| Unsuccessful BE-ERCP in patients with a SAA | 44 |
| Primary EUS-HGS owing to expected difficulties in treatment by BE-ERCP in patients with a SAA | 7 |
| Inaccessible papilla owing to benign GOO in patients with a normal anatomy | 4 |
| Unsuccessful ERCP in patients with a normal anatomy | 2 |
| Anatomy | |
| SAA | 51 |
| Total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction | 8 |
| Distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction | 4 |
| Distal gastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction | 3 |
| Hepaticojejunostomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction | 28 |
| Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Child reconstruction | 7 |
| Hepaticoduodenostomy | 1 |
| Normal anatomy | 6 |
IHBD: Intrahepatic bile duct; CBD: Common bile duct; WON: Walled-off necrosis; HGS: Hepaticogastrostomy; BE-ERCP: Balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; SAA: Surgically altered anatomy; GOO: Gastric outlet obstruction