Role of endoscopic ultrasound in pediatric patients: A single tertiary center experience and review of the literature

Table 3 Summary of current literature in comparison to our study

Ref.	Patients, n	EUS, n	Time frame (yr)	Age range (yr)	Pancreatobiliary indications	Other indications	EUS-FNA
Roseau et al[9], 1998	18	23	7	4-16	8	15	0
Varadarajulu et al[10], 2005	14	15	3	5-17	15	0	3
Cohen et al[5], 2008	32	32	6	1.5-18	19	13	7
Bjerring et al[11], 2008	18	18	16	0.5-15	11	7	0
Attila et al[8], 2009	38	40	7	3-17	25	15	12
Al-Rashdan et al[7], 2010	56	58	8	4-18	42	15	15
Rosen et al[12], 2010	25	42	5	NA	0	42	0
Scheers et al[4], 2015	48	52	14	2-17	52	0	12
Gordon et al[6], 2016	43	51	6	4-18	34	17	13
Mahajan et al[3], 2016	121	125	8	3-18	118	7	7
Fugazza et al[15], 2017	40	47	6	3-18	28	19	3
Raina et al[16], 2017	58	68	5	6-21	38	20	13
Current study	13	13	4	6-18	6	7	7
Total	524	584	3-16	0.5-21	396	177	92

NA: Not available; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; FNA: Fine needle aspiration.