HPB Surgery / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
Diagnostic Laparoscopy with Ultrasound Still Has a Role in the Staging of Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature Table 1 Study characteristics.
Author Year of publication Years of enrolment Study design Country Sample size Mean age % male Location/tumor type
Barabino et al. [10 ] 2011 1995–1999 Prospective Italy 40 NR NR Periampullary 40 Barabino et al. [10 ] 2011 2002–2007 Prospective Italy 64 NR NR Periampullary 64
Piccolboni et al. [11 ] 2010 2005–2008 Prospective Italy 48 NR NR NR
Doucas et al. [12 ] 2007 2001–2004 Prospective UK 100 63 52% Head 90, body, or tail 10
Fristrup et al. [13 ] 2006 2002–2004 Prospective Denmark 148 66 54% NR
Doran et al. [14 ] 2004 1997–2002 Prospective UK 239 64 60% NR
Zhao et al. [15 ] 2003 NR Prospective China 22 55 64% Head 22
Kwon et al. [16 ] 2002 1996–2000 Prospective Japan 118 59 64% Head 39, body 13
Lavonius et al. [17 ] 2001 1997–1999 Prospective Finland 27 63 48% Head 21, body 2,
Taylor et al. [18 ] 2001 1996–2000 Prospective UK 51 66 57% Head 42, ampullary 9
Schachter et al. [19 ] 2000 1996–1999 Prospective Israel 94 63 46% Head 40, body, or tail 19
Velasco et al. [20 ] 2000 NR Prospective USA 33 NR NR NR
Norton et al. [21 ] 1999 NR Prospective USA 50 NR NR NR
Minnard et al. [22 ] 1998 1993–1995 Prospective USA 90 65 47% Head 64, body 19,
Champault et al. [23 ] 1997 1994–1996 Prospective France 26 61 46% Head 26
Pietrabissa et al. [24 ] 1996 1994-1995 Prospective Italy 21 65 62% Head 14, body, or tail 7
Bemelman et al. [6 ] 1995 1993-1994 Prospective Netherlands 350 NR NR Head 60, ampullary 13
John et al. [4 ] 1995 1991–1993 Prospective UK 40 59 45% NR
Murugiah et al. [25 ] 1993 1991-1992 Prospective UK 12 58 25% Head 12
