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Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2013; 19(15): 2368-2373
Published online Apr 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i15.2368
Table 1 Characteristics of patients and comparison of results of percutaneous biopsy with those of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration
Percutaneous biopsyEUS-FNAP value
Group AGroup B
Patients4675
Site of puncture
Pancreas4674> 0.9999
Head/body/tail12/32/234/31/9  0.0114
Sex (male/female)25/2139/36> 0.8525
Age, yr> 0.8466
≥ 652848
< 651827
Tumor diameter, mm (range)44.8 (18-111)25.5 (7-70)
≥ 403025  0.0007
< 401650
Passes (range)2.26 (1-4)2.85 (2-5)< 0.0001
Adequate specimens obtained1n (%)
Cytology42 (91.3)75 (100)  0.0192
Histology41 (89.1)65 (86.7)  0.7812
Positivity for cancer n (%)
Cytology33 (78.6)72 (94.6)  0.0079
Histology33 (80.5)51 (78.4)> 0.9999
Total n (%)43 (93.5)73 (97.3)  0.3672
Complications n (%)2 (4.3)1 (1.3)> 0.5567
Fever1Peritonitis1
Bleeding1
Time from puncture to definitive diagnosis
Cytology, d (range)4.05 (0-8)1.65 (0-5)< 0.0001
Histology, d (range)3.95 (2-7)3.18 (2-10)  0.7066