Research Article
Training in EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration: Safety and Diagnostic Yield of Attending Supervised, Trainee-Directed FNA from the Onset of Training
Table 1
Procedure characteristics.
| Variable | Fellow A | Fellow B | Fellow C | Total number of cases | value | | | |
| Location (%) | | | | | | (i) Pancreas | 59 (52.7) | 54 (54.6) | 43 (45.7) | 156 (51.2) | | (ii) Mediastinal/upper abdominal lymph node | 29 (25.9) | 25 (25.2) | 33 (35.1) | 87 (28.5) | (iii) All others | 24 (21.4) | 20 (20.2) | 18 (19.2) | 62 (20.3) |
| Fellow FNA passes/site | | | | N/A | | Attending FNA passes/site | | | | N/A | |
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Pearson’s test of independence. One-way analysis of variance.
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