Safety of direct endoscopic necrosectomy in patients with gastric varices

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient	Age	Sex	Etiology of pancreatitis	Presence of PVT/SVT	Platelet count (normal range 150-450)	INR (normal range 0.9-1.1)	Gastric varices type	Intraprocedural bleeding?	Postprocedural bleeding?	Any variceal bleeding reported?	Repeat therapy required?	Resolution of varices?1
1	37	F	Gallstone	SVT	185	1.0	IGV-1	-	-	-	DEN × 2	Unknown
2	44	F	Alcohol	SVT	235	1.3	SMV	-	-	-	DEN × 1	No (24 mo)
3	45	M	Alcohol	-	131	1.1	SMV	-	-	-	-	Unknown
4	39	M	Alcohol	PVT	256	1.4	SMV	-	-	-	DEN × 1	No (14 mo)
5	42	M	Gallstone	SVT	130	1.0	IGV-1	-	-	-	-	Unknown
6	60	F	Unknown	SVT	167	1.2	SMV	Minimal	-	-	-	Yes (36 mo)
7	27	M	Alcohol	SVT	248	1.0	SMV	-	-	-	-	No (32 mo)
8	82	F	Unknown	SVT	145	1.1	SMV	-	-	-	-	Yes (19 mo)
9	41	F	Gallstone	SVT	224	1.0	SMV	-	-	-	DEN × 1	Unknown
10	58	M	Unknown	SVT	252	1.2	SMV	-	Self-limited (seen in cyst on CT 5d later), no transfusion, no EGD	-	-	Unknown
11	62	F	Unknown	SVT	199	1.3	SMV	-	-	-	-	Unknown
12	42	M	Gallstone	SVT	151	1.2	SMV	-	-	-	-	Unknown
13	50	M	Gallstone	SVT	604	1.2	SMV	-	-	-	DEN × 1	Unknown
14	43	M	Alcohol	-	356	1.0	SMV	-	-	-	-	Unknown
15	35	M	Alcohol	PVT	276	1.4	SMV	-	Self-limited, 1u pRBC given. EGD: Clots on pigtail catheters no active bleeding	-	-	Unknown

¹Time interval between procedure and last noted presence of varices. PVT: Portal vein thrombosis; SVT: Splenic vein thrombosis; IGV: Isolated gastric varices; SMV: Submucosal varices; DEN: Direct endoscopic necrosectomy; Male; F: Female.