Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography guided interventions in the management of pancreatic cancer

Table 1 Prospective/retrospective studies comparing the overall yield of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

Ref.	Year	No. of patients	No. of patients with pancreatic cancer	Diagnostic yield of EUS		Diagnostic yield of ERCP
				Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Moura et al[10]	2018	50	48	94	100	60	100
Weilert et al[11]	2014	51	34	94	100	50	100
Oppong et al[12]	2010	37	32	53	100	29	100
Ross et al[13]	2008	114	68	83	100	13	100
Wakatsuki et al[14]	2005	83	68	93	100	33	100
Rösch et al[15]	2004	50	16	43	100	54	100
Glasbrenner et al[16]	2000	95	50	78	93	81	88
Cellier et al[17]	1998	41	41	55	90	78	75
Total	-	521	357	811	1001	521	1001

Decimal numbers are rounded off.

¹Median. EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.