Comparison of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration and Biopsy Device for Lymphadenopathy

Table 4

Procedural comparisons between the conventional (Group A) and Franseen (Group B) needle groups.

	Group A	Group B	value
Number of punctures, median (IQR)	3 (3-4)	2 (2-4)	<0.001
Procedure time (min), median (IQR)	27 (20-32)	26 (23-29)	0.32
Technical success, (%)	83/83 (100)	71/71 (100)	>0.99
Adverse events, (%)	0/83 (0)	0/71 (0)	>0.99

: number of cases; IQR: interquartile range.