Table 5 Patient and lesion characteristics, who underwent EUS-FNA and EUS-FNB

Number of patients

69

37

Gender; male/female

33/36

23/14

n.s. (P = 0.16)

Age; median & range

62 (27–87)

65 (36–78)

n.s. (P = 0.42)

Lesion size (mm); median & range

20.0 (9–58)

21.0 (10–63)

n.s. (P = 0.94)

Number of lesions in each gastric location

n.s. (P = 0.22)

 Upper stomach

41

25

 Middle stomach

16

10

 Lower stomach

12

2

Procedural time (min); median & range

22 (9–55)

20 (8–49)

n.s. (P = 0.76)

Success rate of tissue sampling

84.1% (58/69)

91.9% (34/37)

n.s. (P = 0.26)

Diagnostic yield

73.9% (51/69)

89.2% (33/37)

n.s. (P = 0.065)

Complication rate

0% (0/69)

0% (0/37)

n.s. (P = 1.0)