Research Article
The Role of EUS-BD in the Management of Malignant Biliary Obstruction: The Indonesian Perspective
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Gender | | | Male | 13 | 54.2 | Female | 11 | 45.8 | Age (mean ± 59) | | | <60 years | 13 | 54.2 | ≥60 years | 11 | 45.8 | BMI (mean ± 20.36, median ± 19.25) | | | Underweight | 7 | 29.2 | Normal | 11 | 45.8 | Preobese | 6 | 25 | Primary disease | | | Tumor of the head of pancreas | 13 | 54.2 | Periampullary tumor | 10 | 41.6 | Cholangiocarcinoma | 1 | 4.2 | Technique | | | Choledochoduodenostomy (CDS) | 23 | 95.8 | Hepaticogastrostomy (HGS) | 1 | 4.2 | EUS-BD indication | | | Difficult cannulation | 16 | 66.7 | Unidentifiable ampulla | 8 | 33.3 | Stents | | | Plastic stent | 21 | 87.5 | SEMS | 3 | 12.5 | Complications | | | Cholangitis | 3 | 12.5 | Pneumoperitoneum | 1 | 4.1 |
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