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Assessment of morbidity and mortality associated with endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration for pancreatic cystic lesions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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With increased availability of imaging technology, detection of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) is on the rise. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA) improves the diagnosis accuracy of PCL. Systematic evaluation of… Click to show full abstract

With increased availability of imaging technology, detection of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) is on the rise. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA) improves the diagnosis accuracy of PCL. Systematic evaluation of morbidity and mortality associated with EUS‐FNA for PCL has not been carried out. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of morbidity and mortality associated with EUS‐FNA.

Keywords: cystic lesions; mortality associated; pancreatic cystic; morbidity mortality

Journal Title: Digestive Endoscopy
Year Published: 2017

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