Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the field of hepatology: Recent advances and future trends

Table 6 Studies on endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration guided and endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy guided liver biopsy in patients with chronic liver disease

Ref.	Design of the study	Patients	Technical success (%)	Diagnostic yield (%)	Specimen length (median, range) (mm)	CPT (median, range)	Needle used for EUS-LB	Needle passes (median)	Complications, n (%)
EUS-FNA guided liver biopsy
Pineda et al[57]	Retrospective	110	100	98	38 (24-81)	14 (9-27)	19 G	-	0
Shuja et al[58]	Retrospective	69	100	100	45.8 (mean)	10.84 (mean)	19 G	3	0
Stavropoulos et al[50]	Prospective case series	22	100	91	36.9 (2-184.6)	9 (1-73)	19 G	2 (1-3)	0
Diehl et al[59]	Prospective non randomized	110	100	98	38 (0-203)	14 (0-68)	19 G	1.5 (1-2)	1 (0.9) (mild bleeding)
Gor et al[60]	Retrospective case series	10	100	100	13 (6-23)	8 (6-15)	19 G	-	0
EUS-FNB guided liver biopsy
Shah et al[61]	Retrospective	24	100	96	65.6 (17-167.4)	32.5 (5-85)	19 G (SharkCore)	2 (1-3)	2 (8.3)
Nieto et al[62]	Retrospective	165	100	100	60 (43-80)	18 (13-24)	19 G (SharkCore)	1	3 (1.8)
Mathew[63]	Case report	2	100	100	-	-	19 G (QuickCore)	-	0
Ching et al[55]	Prospective (RCT)	20; 20	100; 100	100; 100	114 (mean); 153.2 (mean)	16.5 (6-38); 38 (0-81)	19 G (FNA); 19 G (Acquire)	--	8 (40); 7 (35)
Mok et al[56]	Prospective (RCT)	40; 40	100; 100	88; 68	-; -	-; -	19 G (FNA); 22 G (SharkCore)	-; -	0; 1 (2.5)
Patel et al[64]	Retrospective	30; 50; 28; 27	100; 100; 100; 100	66.7; 46; 82.1; 81.5	1.8 (mean); 4.7 (mean); 1.9 (mean); 8.4 (mean)	6.9 (mean); 3 (mean); 7.3 (mean); 16.9 (mean)	Acquire 22 G; QuickCore 19 G; ProCore 19 G; Expect 19 G	-; -; -; -	-; -; -; -
Gleeson et al[65]	Retrospective	9	100	100	13 (8-28)	7 (5-8)	19 G (QuickCore)	2 (1-3)	0
DeWitt et al[66]	Prospective case series	21	100	90.5	9 (1-23)	2 (0-10)	19 G (QuickCore)	3 (1-4)	0
Nakai et al[67]	Case report	1	100	100	15	8	ProCore 19 G		0
Sey et al[68]	Prospective cross sectional study	45; 30	100; 100	73.3; 96.7	9 (0-25); 20 (5-60)	2 (0-15); 5 (0-24)	QuickCore 19 G; ProCore 19 G	3; 2	2 (4.4); 0
Hasan et al[69]	Prospective (RCT)	40	100	100	55 (44.5-68)	42 (28.5-53)	Acquire 22 G	-	6 (15)

CPT: Complete portal triad; EUS-LB: Endoscopic ultrasound guided liver biopsy; FNA: Fine needle aspiration; FNB: Fine needle biopsy; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; G: Gauge.