Success of endoscopic ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation of pancreatic cysts : a meta-analysis and systematic review

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided ethanol ablation has emerged as an efficacious and safe alternative management option for pancreatic cysts. We undertook a meta-analysis and systematic review to assess the overall safety and efficacy of EUS-guided ethanol ablation of pancreatic cysts.

METHOD STUDY SELECTION CRITERIA: EUS-guided ethanol ablation of pancreatic cysts.

DATA COLLECTION EXTRACTION: Articles were searched in Medline, Pubmed, and Ovid journals.

STATISTICAL METHOD: Fixed and random effects models were used to calculate the pooled proportions.

RESULTS: Initial search identified 1,319 reference articles, in which 120 relevant articles were selected and reviewed. Data was extracted from seven studies (n = 152) of EUS-guided ethanol ablation of pancreatic cysts, which met the inclusion criteria. With EUS-guided ethanol ablation, the pooled proportion of patients with complete cyst resolution was 56.20 % (95 % CI = 48.16 to 64.08) and partial cyst resolution was 23.72 % (95 % CI = 17.24 to 30.89). Postprocedural complications after ablation were significant for abdominal pain in 6.51 % (95 % CI = 3.12 to 11.04) and pancreatitis in 3.90 % (95 % CI = 1.39 to 7.60) of the pooled percentage of patients. Publication bias calculated using Harbord-Egger bias indicator gave a value of -1.09 (95 % CI = 10.21 to 8.03, p = 0.77). The Begg-Mazumdar indicator gave a Kendall's tau b value of 0.05 (p ≥ 0.99).

CONCLUSIONS: EUS-guided ethanol ablation may be a safe alternative treatment modality for pancreatic cysts, with acceptable intraprocedural and postprocedural complications. However, due to the limited data available, prospective randomized controlled trials with a long follow up period are required in this area.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - 34(2015), 3 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 193-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kandula, Manasa [VerfasserIn]
Moole, Harsha [VerfasserIn]
Cashman, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Volmar, Fritz H [VerfasserIn]
Bechtold, Matthew L [VerfasserIn]
Puli, Srinivas R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3K9958V90M
Ethanol
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 13.12.2016

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12664-015-0575-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM25028474X