Role of endoscopic ultrasound in liver disease: Where do we stand in 2017?

Table 1 Complication of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration compared with percutaneous fine needle aspiration

EUS guided FNA	Percutaneous FNA
Bleeding[18]	Bleeding[21,22]
Pain[18]	Severe pain[21]
Fever[18]	Punctured gall bladder[21]
Hemoperitoneum[23]	pneumothorax[21]
Death[23]	Syncope[21]
	Hemoperitoneum[24]
	Hypovolemic shock[24]
	Death[22]

EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; FNA: Fine needle aspiration.

Table 2 Animals studies regarding endoscopic ultrasound-guided intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement

Ref.	Animals	Type of needle	Success rate
Schulman et al[79]	5 pigs	19-G-needle	100%
Buscaglia et al[80]	10 pigs	19-G-needle	100%