Current role of narrow band imaging in diagnosing gastric intestinal metaplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of its diagnostic accuracy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) can be missed by random gastric biopsies taken during white light endoscopy. Narrow band imaging (NBI) may potentially improve the detection of GIM. However, pooled estimates from prospective studies are lacking and the diagnostic accuracy of NBI in detecting GIM needs to be more precisely defined. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to study the diagnostic performance of NBI in detecting GIM.

Methods

PubMed/Medline and EMBASE were screened for studies examining GIM in relation to NBI. Data from each study were extracted and calculations of pooled sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratios (DORs), and areas under the curve (AUCs) were performed. Fixed or random effects models, were us

SUBMITTER: Rokkas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932864 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature