Systematic review with meta-analysis: age-related malignancy detection rates at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Age is an important and objective risk factor for upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy. The accuracy of various age limits to detect upper GI malign...

Faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is effective for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) However, inconsistent effect rates and unc...

Primary obesity surgery endoluminal (POSE) for the treatment of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Primary obesity surgery endoluminal (posex) utilizes an incision-less operating platform system to create full-thickness plications in the gastric fun...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided parenchymal liver biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided liver biopsy is a novel technique to obtain adequate liver samples for diagnosis of liver parenchymal diseases...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration combined with either endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration or endoscopic ultrasound using the EBUS scope-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosing and staging mediastinal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Combining EBUS-TBNA with EUS-FNA was associated with slightly better diagnostic accuracy than combining it with Eus-B-Fna. Evidence suggests that the...

Endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle biopsies of pancreatic lesions: Prospective study of histology quality using Franseen needle

22G Franseen needle was used in the endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) trial. High-quality histology, rated with Payne score 3,...

Comparison of EUS-guided conventional smear and liquid-based cytology in pancreatic lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration has limitations of inadequate sampling and false-negative results for malignancy. Alternativ...

Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PDD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of 714 patients

Endoscopic ultrasound guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PDD) is a minimal-invasive therapeutic option to surgery and in patients with failed endosc...

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