Table 3.

Review of 4 original studies showing diagnostic rates of EUS-FNTA by gastric location.

			Diagnostic rate depending on location of SET (%)			Upper + middle vs Lower
Case (n)	Biopsy needle (gauge)	Size of SET (median) (mm)	Upper third	Middle third	Lower third	P value	References
46	19G	24	10/12 (83.3)	8/12 (66.7)	8/22 (36.4)	.008	Eckardt[10]
65	TCB	37	15/26 (57.7)	21/35 (60)	1/4 (25)	.183	Lee[24]
47	22G or Echo tip	N/A	22/26 (84.6)	11/15 (73.3)	2/6 (33.3)	.013	Suzuki[25]
33	20G (90%)	26	8/10 (80)	15/18 (83.3)	0/5 (0)	<.001	Our case
191			55/74 (74.3)	55/80 (68.8)	11/37 (29.7)	<.001

EUS-FNTA = endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle tissue acquisition, G = gauze, N/A = not available, SET = subepithelial tumor, TCB = true cut biopsy.