Open AccessComparison between 22G aspiration and 22G biopsy needles for EUS-guided sampling of pancreatic lesions: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Antonio Facciorusso,
Harshvardhan Singh,
K Aravind Me,
Vincenzo Rosario Buccino,
Nicola Muscatiello
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/eus.eus_4_19
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , biopsy , meta analysis , relative risk , pancreatic cancer , randomized controlled trial , sampling (signal processing) , sample size determination , radiology , nuclear medicine , gastroenterology , cancer , statistics , mathematics , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Robust data in favor of clear superiority of 22G fine-needle biopsy (FNB) over 22G FNA for an echoendoscopic-guided sampling of pancreatic masses are lacking. The objective of this study is to compare the diagnostic outcomes and sample adequacy of these two needles.