Slow-pull and different conventional suction techniques in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic solid lesions using 22-gauge needles

Table 4 Comparisons between the slow-pull technique and conventional suction techniques in terms of cytological diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and blood contamination

	5-mL	10-mL	20-mL
	vs slow-pull, P value1
Accuracy	0.032	0.0052	0.0102
Sensitivity	0.0142	0.0062	0.0102
Blood contamination score ≥ 2	0.135	0.0012	0.0072

¹Fisher’s exact test;

²Statistically significant.