Review Article

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

Table 8

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

IDDiagnostic accuracy of different lesion shapes
UlcerNo ulcer value
CorrectIncorrectCorrectIncorrect

Mandai and Yasuda [34]59/83 (28.9%)71.1%148/171 (86.5%)13.5%<0.0010
Kim et al. [12]51/73 (69.9%)30.1%91/103 (88.3%)11.7%=0.0030
Akashi et al. [8]10/20 (50%)50%145/165 (87.9%)12.1%≤0.0001
Kim et al. [9]19/29 (65.5%)34.5%129/177 (72.9%)27.1%=0.5040
Kim et al. [28]59/74 (79.7%)20.3%170/199 (85.4%)14.6%=0.0270
Kim et al. [16]201/228 (88%)12%115/117 (98.3%)1.7%=0.3040
Yoshida et al. [17]61/78 (78.2%)21.3%204/217 (94%)6%<0.0010
Cheng et al. [31]18/67 (26.9%)73.1%43/138 (31.2%)68.8%=0.0900
Choi et al. [23]19/30 (63.3%)36.7%287/358 (80.2%)19.8%=0.0300
Okada et al. [7]83/116 (71.2%)28.8%426/426 (84.7%)15.3%=0.0017
Watari et al. [32]27/41 (46.7%)53.5%104/138 (75.6%)24.4%<0.0001
Total607/839 (72.3%)27.7%1737/2209 (78.6%)21.4%≤0.0001