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Table 4 EUS data for one advanced endoscopy trainee (12-month period)

From: A novel smartphone application for the tracking of procedural numbers and trainee experience in gastrointestinal endoscopy

Number of EUS procedures by month

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Total

12

28

25

48

42

47

28

60

55

33

37

22

437

Indication

Total

Rule out Choledocholithiasis

184

Evaluation ± biopsy of pancreatic mass

183

Celiac plexus block (Abdominal pain)

8

Evaluation gastric submucosal mass

22

Evaluation duodenal submucosal mass

13

Evaluation esophageal submucosal mass

5

Staging ampullary mass

12

Rectal EUS

10

Stations completed

 Station 1 (trans-gastric)

416

 Station 2 (duodenal bulb)

393

 Station 3 (ampullary)

374

Therapeutic Intervention

 Celiac plexus neurolysis

4

 Fine-needle biopsy pancreas mass

42

 Fine-needle biopsy pancreas cyst

9

 Fine-needle biopsy submucosal mass

11

 Fine-needle biopsy lymph node

9