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Table 4 Adverse events

From: Evaluation of preoperative diagnostic methods for resectable pancreatic cancer: a diagnostic capability and impact on the prognosis of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

 

EUS-FNA (N = 160)

ERCP (N = 88)

p value

Adverse events, n (%)

2 (1.3)

9 (10.2)

0.001

 Mild pancreatitis

0

5

 

 Bleeding

1

3

 

 Bile duct perforation

0

1

 

 Abdominal pain

1

0

 
  1. EUS-FNA, endoscopic ultrasonography—fine needle aspiration; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde chorangiopancreatography