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Table. 2.

Characteristics of the Studies on EUS-CGN and EUS-BPN

Reference Year Design Number Technique Pain relief
(follow-up time)
Complication
Levy et al38 2008 Retrospective 17 CGN 94% (4 week) Diarrhea 16%, hypotension 35%, transient pain 41%
Ascunce et al1 2011 Retrospective 64 CGN vs CPN 65% vs 25% (1 week) Diarrhea 23%, hypotension 2%, transient pain 2%
Doi et al17 2013 RCT 68 CGN vs CPN 73% vs 45% (1 week) Diarrhea 5.9% vs 9.1%, hypotension 2.9% vs 6%, pain 29.4% vs 21.2%
Ishiwatari et al14 2014 Retrospective 22 CGN/CPN 83% (fenol) vs 69% (ethanol) (1 week) Diarrhea 9%, hypotension 4.5%, burning pain 4.5%, inebriation 4.5%
Si-Jie et al39 2014 Retrospective 41 CGN vs CPN 80% vs 80% (3–90 day) Hypotension 4.9%
Levy et al24 2019 RCT 110 CGN + CPN vs CPN 46% vs 40% (12 week) Transient pain 8.3% vs 44.9%, neurolytic effect 23.3% vs 55.1%
Sakamoto et al41 2010 Retrospective 67 BPN vs CPN NA None
Minaga et al42 2016 Retrospective 64 BPN 77% (1 week), 67% (4 week) Diarrhea 3.6%, hypotension 4.5%, pain 3.6%, inebriation 8%

EUS-CGN, endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac ganglia neurolysis; EUS-BPN, endoscopic ultrasound-guided broad plexus neurolysis; CPN, celiac plexus neurolysis; RCT, randomized controlled trials; NA, not available.

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