Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound versus computed tomography in determining the resectability of pancreatic cancer: A diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Muhammad I O Rahman,
Brian Chan,
Parsa Mehraban Far,
Lawrence Mbuagbaw,
Lehana Thabane,
Mohammad Yaghoobi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_39_20
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , diagnostic odds ratio , endoscopic ultrasound , receiver operating characteristic , radiology , meta analysis , pancreatic cancer , diagnostic accuracy , odds ratio , pancreas , computed tomography , ultrasound , area under the curve , nuclear medicine , cancer
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) with pancreas protocol are used in assessing the resectability of neoplastic pancreatic lesions. Here, we performed a diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) meta-analysis, comparing the diagnostic accuracy of EUS and CT in evaluating the resectability of pancreatic cancer using surgical assessment as the reference standard.