Comparison of trans-gastric vs trans-enteric (trans-duodenal or trans-jejunal) endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage using lumen apposing metal stents

Table 2 Comparison of the parameters between cautery-enhanced and non-cautery enhanced approaches for endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage

	n of studies (cautery-enhanced vs non- cautery enhanced)	Pooled odds ratio (cautery-enhanced vs non-cautery enhanced) or AEs (%)	95%CI	P value
Method 1: Including studies with patients in both arms only
Adverse events	2	0.55	0.19-1.64	0.28
Clinical success	2	1.81	0.50-6.61	0.37
Method 2: Including all studies
Adverse events	9 vs 3	14.0% vs 37.8%	(9.1%-21.0%) vs (26.5%- 50.6%)	0
Clinical success	11 vs 3	89.9% vs 93.4%	(86.1%-92.7%) vs (72.8%-90.3%)	0.12
Technical success	11 vs 3	94.4% vs 93.8%	26.5%-50.6%	0.82

AE: Adverse event; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.