Endoscopic ultrasound guided gastrojejunostomy for gastric outlet obstruction

Table 5 Outcomes of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided gastroenterostomy using a lumen-apposing self-expandable metal stent as compared to surgery[41,42]

	Khashab et al[41]		Perez-Miranda et al[42]
Type of study	Multicenter, retrospective		Multicenter, retrospective
Group	EUS-GJ	Surgery	EUS-GJ	Laparoscopic GJ
Number of patients, n (%)	30/93 (32.3)	63/93 (67.7)	25/54 (46.3)	29/54 (53.7)
Technique	Direct; EPASS; Balloon-assisted	Open GJ2	Direct Assisted	Laparoscopic GJ
Technical success (%)	87	100	88	100
Clinical success (%)	87	90	84	90
Adverse events (%)	16	25	12	41
Recurrence/need for Reintervention (%)	3	14	NA	NA

EUS-GJ: Endoscopic ultrasound guided gastrojejunostomy; GJ: Gastrojejunostomy; EPASS: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided double balloon-occluded gastrojejunostomy bypass; NA: Not applicable.