2020
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided, Percutaneous, and Transjugular Liver Biopsy: A Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
McCarty TR, Bazarbashi AN, Njei B, Ryou M, Aslanian HR, Muniraj T. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided, Percutaneous, and Transjugular Liver Biopsy: A Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Endoscopy 2020, 53: 583-593. PMID: 33027584, PMCID: PMC7548145, DOI: 10.5946/ce.2019.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsyTransjugular liver biopsyPercutaneous liver biopsyLiver biopsyAdverse eventsBiopsy specimensUltrasound-guided liver biopsyCurrent clinical practiceComparative systematic reviewLonger TSLMOOSE guidelinesSubgroup analysisBACKGROUND/Endoscopic ultrasoundBiopsy adequacyInvasive proceduresClinical practiceBiopsy approachBiopsyHepatic tissueMeta-AnalysisSystematic reviewAdequacy rateBiopsy needleMajor outcomes
2014
Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma as the etiology of biliary strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Navaneethan U, Njei B, Venkatesh PG, Lourdusamy V, Sanaka MR. Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma as the etiology of biliary strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gastroenterology Report 2014, 3: 209-215. PMID: 25169922, PMCID: PMC4527262, DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gou057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of cholangiocarcinomaBiliary stricturesEUS-FNAFine-needle aspirationEndoscopic ultrasoundPooled sensitivityEvaluation of cholangiocarcinomaNegative brush cytologyExtrahepatic biliary stricturesMain outcome measurementsCross-sectional imagingNegative likelihood ratioLikelihood ratioNegative cytologyExtrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaMass lesionEmbase databasesBrush cytologyNeedle aspirationCholangiocarcinomaOutcome measurementsPatientsStrictureSystematic reviewEtiology