Table 4. Comparison of diagnostic accuracy between Franseen needle and conventional needle groups.

	Propensity-matched patients
Diagnostic accuracy, n (%)	Group C	Group F	P
Location
Pancreatic head	19/24 (79.2 %)	48/49 (98.0 %)	0.013
Body or tail	63/71 (88.7 %)	39/46 (84.8 %)	0.58
Puncture route
Transgastric	64/72 (88.9 %)	41/48 (85.4 %)	0.59
Transduodenal	18/23 (78.3 %)	46/47 (97.9 %)	0.01
Tumor type
Adenocarcinoma	64/77 (83.1 %)	57/64 (89.1 %)	0.34
Special pancreatic tumors	10/10 (100 %)	16/17 (94.1 %)	> 0.99
Benign lesion	8/8 (100 %)	14/14 (100 %)	> 0.99
Tumor size
≥ 20 mm	62/72 (86.1 %)	71/76 (93.4 %)	0.18
< 20 mm	20/23 (87.0 %)	16/19 (84.2 %)	> 0.99
Overall	82/95 (86.3 %)	87/95 (91.6 %)	0.36

n, number of lesions