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[Ultrasound-guided biopsy of the pancreas: a multicenter study]
M C Garre Sánchez1, P Rendón Unceta, A López Cano
1Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia. c.garre@ono.com
Objective:
Members of "Asociación de Ecografía Digestiva" decided to carry out a multicenter retrospective study on fine-needle aspiration biopsy for pancreatic space-occupying lesions under ultrasonographic guidance and via the percutaneous route in order to assess this technique s performance versus endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy.
Subjects:
10 hospitals for a total of 222 patients with suspiciously malignant, 8-120-mm pancreatic lesions were included in the study.
Results:
The analysis of results shows a sensitivity of 89%, a specificity of 98%, a positive predictive value of 99%, and a negative predictive value of 74%, for an overall diagnostic accuracy of 91%. No major complications occurred.
Conclusion:
Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic lesions is highly cost-effective and has few and mild complications.
