Review Article

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Early Gastric Cancer Invasion Depth: A Meta-analysis

Table 10

The influence of lesion location on the depth of invasion diagnosed by EUS.

IDDiagnostic accuracy of different lesion locations
Upper thirdMiddle thirdLower third value
CorrectIncorrectCorrectIncorrectCorrectIncorrect

Mandai and Yasuda [33]40/52 (76.9%)23.1%32/45 (71.1%)28.9%231/309 (74.7%)25.3%=0.802
Kim et al. [12]6/8 (75%)25%54/68 (79.4%)20.6%82/100 (82%)18%=0.803
Hizawa et al. [30]20/32 (63%)37%80/105 (76%)24%79/92 (86%)14%=0.019
Kim et al. [9]17/24 (70.8%)29.2%58/90 (64.4%)35.6%73/92 (77%)23%=0.082
Kim et al. [29]32/39 (82.1%)17.9%65/75 (86.7%)13.3%132/159 (83.0%)17%=0.344
Kim et al. [16]24/34 (70.6%)29.4%135/159 (85%)15%129/152 (84.7%)15.3%=0.034
Cheng et al. [31]22/30 (73.3%)26.7%29/46 (63.0%)37%87/129 (62.6%)37.4%=0.650
Choi et al. [23]17/29 (58.6%)41.4%43/57 (75.4%)24.6%246/302 (81.5%)18.5%=0.013
Okada et al. [7]107/139 (77%)23%115/134 (85.8%)14.2%222/269 (82.5%)17.5%=0.160
Watari et al. [32]42/45 (93.3%)6.7%61/69 (88.4%)11.6%29/39 (74.4%)25.6%=0.030
Total327/432 (75.7%)24.3%672/848 (79.2%)20.8%1310/1643 (79.7%)20.3%=0.181