Review
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2012; 18(34): 4659-4676
Published online Sep 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i34.4659
Table 4 Procedural risk of endoscopic ultrasonography
First author (yr)Study featuresFrequency of complications (%)
EUS1EUS-FNBEUS-I
Prospective, single-center
Williams et al[52]333 EUS-FNA-0.3-
Mortensen et al[30]2518 EUS; 670 EUS-FNA; 136 EUS-I0.220.30.74
Bournet et al[36]3207 EUS; 224 EUS-FNA0.0932.2-
Eloubeidi et al[53]355 pancreatic EUS-FNA-2.542-
Al-Haddad et al[54]483 EUS-FNA-1.4-
Eloubeidi et al[55]656 EUS-FNA-1.12-
Thomas et al[56]247 EUS-TCB-2.43-
Gerke et al[57]44 EUS-TCB; 36 EUS-FNA4-2.3 (EUS-TCB);2.8 (EUS-FNA)-
Prospective, multicenter (registry)
Gottschalk et al[32]11 889 EUS; 2099 EUS-FNB; 438 EUS-I0.142.14.1
Retrospective, single-center
O'Toole et al[41]322 EUS-FNA-1.6-
Carrara et al[37]1034 pancreatic EUS-FNA-1.25-
Retrospective, multicenter
Rösch et al[28]42 105 EUS (34 EUS centers)0.05--
Wiersema et al[58]457 EUS-FNA (4 EUS centers)-1.1-
Buscarini et al[59]11 539 EUS; 787 EUS-FNA; 21 EUS-I (6 EUS centers)0.0460.889.5
Jenssen et al[31]85 084 EUS; 13 223 EUS-FNB; 2297 EUS-I (67 EUS centers)0.0340.291.61