Endoscopic salvage therapy after failed biliary cannulation using advanced techniques: A concise review

Table 2 Summary of studies on reporting percutaneous-transhepatic-endoscopic rendezvous procedures

Ref.	Study design (patient number)	Malignant biliary obstruction	One-stage vs two-stage	Technical success rate	Adverse events	PTE-RV related mortality
Chivot et al[23] (2021)	Retrospective (n = 84)	78.5%	One-stage	95.2% (80/84)	19% (16/84); Cholangitis: 9.5%; Pancreatitis: 3.5%; Hemorrhage: 2.3%; Pneumoperitoneum: 3.5%	3.5%
Bokemeyer et al[21] (2019)	Retrospective (n = 163)	71.3%	NA	80.4% (131/163)	16.6% (27/163); Procedure-related complications: 8.6%; Drainage-related complications: 8%	NA
Yang et al[26] (2017)	Retrospective (n = 42)	38%	Two-stage	92.9% (39/42)	7.1% (3/42)	NA
Tomizawa et al[24] (2014)	Retrospective (n = 26)	91%	One-stage (73%) or two-stage	88% (23/26)	19.2% (5/26)	0
Neal et al[27] (2010)	Retrospective (n = 106)	100%	Two-stage	92.5% (98/106)	4.9% (5/106)	0
Chang et al[28] (2010)	Retrospective (n = 20)	0	Two-stage	100% (20/20)	10% (2/20); Pancreatitis: 5%; Cholangitis: 5%	0
Overall	441	-	-	88.7% (391/441)	13.2% (58/441)	-

PTE-RV: Percutaneous-transhepatic-endoscopic rendezvous procedures; NA: Not available.