Table 3.

Technical characteristics and outcomes of EUS guided sampling

	22-gauge FNA (n = 38)	25-gauge FNB (n = 38)	P value
Access route, no (%)			0.359
Transgastric	17 (44.7)	21 (55.3)
Transduodenal	21 (55.3)	17 (44.7)
Cytological diagnostic accuracy, no. (%)	37 (97.4)	34 (89.5)	0.358
Histological diagnostic accuracy, no. (%)	13 (34.2)	20 (52.6)	0.105
Failure to achieve diagnosis, no. (%)
Total	1 (2.6)	4 (10.5)	0.358
Technical failure	0	0
Diagnostic failure	1 (2.6)	4 (10.5)	0.358
No. of passes for diagnosis	5.05 ± 1.45	5.55 ± 1.41	0.132
Complication, no. (%)	0	0

EUS endoscopic ultrasound, FNA fine needle aspiration, FNB fine needle biopsy

Continuous variables are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation