Feasibility and safety of using Soehendra stent retriever as a new technique for biliary access in endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage

Table 1 Patients enrolled in using soehendra stent retriever in endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage

No/sex/age (yr)	Diagnosis	Procedures	No. of needle passes	Stent type (fully covered SEM, mm)	Complications	Procedure time(min)	Hospital stay (d)
1/M/68	PCA	EUS-CD	1	10 × 60	No	53	7
2/M/58	CCA	EUS-HG	1	10 × 100	No	90	7
3/F/48	CCA	EUS-HG	1	10 × 80	No	101	10
4/M/46	CCA	EUS-HG	3	10 × 100	Bile leakage with intra-abdominal collection23	116	29
5/F/76	PCA	EUS-HG	1	10 × 80	Pneumoperitoneum1	30	8
6/M/74	PCA	EUS-CD	1	10 × 60	Pneumoperitoneum1	87	15
7/F/77	PCA	EUS-CD	1	10 × 60	No	95	5
8/F/61	CCA	EUS-CD	1	10 × 60	No	54	6
9/F/57	PCA	EUS-HG	2	10 × 100	No	74	11
10/M/68	CCA	EUS-HG	1	10 × 100	Bleeding from hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm23	80	13
11/F/67	Periampullary	EUS-HG	2	10 × 100	Pneumoperitoneum1	122	7
	CA
12/F/54	Cervical CA	EUS-CD	1	10 × 60	Pneumoperitoneum1	71	27

¹Minor complication;

²Major complication;

³Required radiological interventions for treatment: percutaneous drainage for case No. 4 and hepatic artery aneurysm embolization for case No. 10. PCA: Pancreatic cancer; CCA: Cholangiocarcinoma; CA: Carcinoma; EUS-HG: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy; EUS-CD: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy.