Open AccessEfficacy, Feasibility, and Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions
Author(s) -
Yandi Tan,
Xinyi Tang,
Ju Huang,
Rui Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001680
Subject(s) - medicine , jadad scale , endoscopic ultrasound , funnel plot , publication bias , meta analysis , confidence interval , subgroup analysis , adverse effect , radiology , biopsy , randomized controlled trial , surgery , cochrane library
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) fine-needle biopsy (FNB) has become an efficient method for diagnosing gastrointestinal (GI) subepithelial lesions (SELs). However, recent guidelines have not regarded FNB as the primary strategy for diagnosing GI SELs. We performed this study to systematically measure the efficacy, feasibility, and safety of EUS-FNB in diagnosing GI SELs.