Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Research Article

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

Table 5

Comparison of procedure results and diagnostic accuracy between conventional (Group A) needle and Franseen (Group B) needle groups in malignant lymphoma.
Group AGroup B value
Number of punctures, median (IQR)4 (4-5)3 (3-4)<0.001
Procedure time (min), median (IQR)27 (22-31)27 (24-30)0.92
Diagnostic accuracy, (%)
Puncture route
 Transesophageal1/1 (100)0/0>0.99
 Transgastric25/27 (92.6)10/10 (100)>0.99
 Transduodenal5/5 (100)7/7 (100)>0.99
Tumor size
 ≥20 mm23/24 (95.8)15/15 (100)>0.99
 <20 mm8/9 (88.9)2/2 (100)>0.99
 Overall31/33 (94.0)17/17 (100)0.54
: number of cases; IQR: interquartile range.