Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial marker placement in pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

Ref.	n	Mean age	No. male	No. female	Type of study
Pishvaian et al[22], 2006	13	67.62	8	5	Prospective
Sanders et al[23], 2010	51	73	29	22	Prospective
DiMaio et al[24], 2010	30	63.2	19	11	Retrospective
Park et al[25], 2010	57	67	29	28	Prospective
Varadarajulu et al[21], 2010	9	57.67	4	5	Prospective
Khashab et al[19], 2012	39	66.5	25	14	Retrospective
Fajardo et al[38], 2013	23	63.13	13	10	Prospective
Majumder et al[39], 2013	39	66.7	18	21	Retrospective
Choi et al[20], 2014	32	66	21	11	Prospective
Dhadham et al[40], 2016	188				Retrospective