Table 2.

Characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis for EUS with FNA

Author	Year of publication	No. of patients	Type of recruitment	Confirmatory procedure
Kondo et al[6]	1990	503	Consecutive	Surgery
Schuder et al[25]	1991	32	Consecutive	Surgery
Silvestri et al[83]	1995	27	Prospective	Surgery
Giovannini et al[82]	1995	141	Prospective	Surgery or appropriate follow-up
Pedersen et al[21]	1996	9	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
HunerBein et al[90]	1996	19	Consecutive	Surgery
Gress et al[19]	1997	52	Prospective	Surgery
Wiersema et al[104]	1997	60	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
HunerBein et al[91]	1998	15	Consecutive	Surgery
HunerBein et al[98]	1998	16	Consecutive	Surgery
Fritscher-Ravens et al[101]	1999	16	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Mishra et al[102]	1999	111	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Giovannini et al[81]	1999	198	Prospective	Surgery or appropriate follow-up
Williams et al[89]	1999	333	Prospective	Surgery or appropriate follow-up
Fritscher-Ravens et al[84]	2000	35	Prospective	Surgery
Fritscher-Ravens et al[98]	2000	35	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Savides et al[100]	2000	54	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Fritscher-Ravens et al[103]	2000	153	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Vazquez-Sequeiros et al[105]	2001	37	Consecutive	Surgery
Wallace et al[91]	2001	43	Consecutive	FNA and appropriate follow-up
Wiersema et al[85]	2001	82	Prospective	Surgery
Chhieng et al[96]	2001	103	Consecutive	Surgery
Devereaux et al[22]	2002	49	Consecutive	Surgery
Catalano et al[92]	2002	62	Consecutive	Surgery
Schwartz et al[66]	2002	188	Consecutive	Surgery
Arima et al[95]	2003	58	Consecutive	Surgery
Pellise et al[23]	2004	11	Consecutive	Surgery
Kramer et al[86]	2004	81	Prospective	Surgery
Walsh et al[97]	2005	27	Consecutive	Surgery or appropriate follow-up
Tournoy et al[88]	2005	67	Prospective	Surgery
Khoo et al[93]	2006	20	Prospective	Surgery
Beek et al[87]	2006	43	Prospective	Surgery