Role of endoscopic ultrasound in vascular interventions: Where are we now?

Table 1 Comparison of the main studies reporting data of endoscopic ultrasound guided treatments for gastric varices

Ref.	Study design	Number of patients	Technical success	Clinical success	Adverse events
Romero-Castro et al[30], 2013	Retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database	30 total patients, 11 ECA, 19 CYA	27/30 (90%)	18/19 (96.7%) CYA; 10/11 (90.9%) ECA	40% total AEs; CYA 11/19 (57.9%); ECA 1/11 (9.1%)
Lôbo et al[17], 2019	Randomized Controlled Trial	32 total patients; 16 ECA + CYA, 16 CYA	-	-	Early AEs: 8 (50%) ECA + CYA; 10 (62.5%) CYA. Pulmonary embolism: 4 (25%) ECA + CYA; 8 (50%) CYA
Robles-Medranda et al[29], 2019	Randomized Controlled Trial	60 total patients, 30 ECA + CYA; 30 ECA	60/60 (100%) in both groups	ECA + CYA 30/30 (100%), ECA 27/30 (90%)	ECA + CYA 2/30 (6.7%); ECA 1/30 (3.3%)
Bazarbashi et al[16], 2020	Prospective Study	40 total patients; 10 ECA, 30 CYA	10/10 (100%) ECA; 29/30 (96.7%) CYA	10/10 (100%) ECA; 26/30 (87%) CYA	10% ECA; 20% CYA

ECA: Endoscopic coil application; CYA: Cyanoacrylate; AE: Adverse event.