The impact of biliary stents on the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions: A single-center retrospective study and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is widely used for the pathological diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions but in cases with obstructive jaundice, transpapillary sampling can be performed during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with transpapillary biliary stent placement. Thus, it is still controversial whether EUS-FNA should be performed prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with biliary stent placement or only after negative transpapillary sampling.

Methods

The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of EUS-FNA for solid pancreatic lesions with or without indwelling biliary stents were retrospectively studied in patients undergoing EUS-FNA between January 2017 and December 2021. We also conducted a meta

SUBMITTER: Endo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333724 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature