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Table 2 Relationships between lesion size and location, and diagnostic yields with MIAB and EUS-FNAB

From: Superiority of mucosal incision-assisted biopsy over ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in diagnosing small gastric subepithelial lesions: a propensity score matching analysis

 

MIAB group

P value

EUS-FNAB group

P value

Lesion sizes and diagnostic yield

≥ 20 mm: 92.3%

n.s. (P = 0.51)

≥ 20 mm: 88.0%

P = 0.048

<  20 mm: 93.3%

<  20 mm: 71.4%

Lesion locations and diagnostic yield

Upper: 92.5%

n.s. (P = 0.48)

Upper: 84.5%

n.s. (P = 0.067)

Middle: 88.9%

Middle: 76.9%

Lower: 100%

Lower: 57.1%