Table 3 Diagnostic performance according to the needles.

From: Comparison between three types of needles for endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition of pancreatic solid masses: a multicenter observational study

 

Franseen, % (95% Cl)

Menghini-tip, % (95% Cl)

Reverse-bevel, % (95% Cl)

Cell block

Histology

Cell block

Histology

Cell block

Histology

Sensitivity

86.09% (78.39–91.83)

95.03% (90.44–97.83)

55.71% (43.34–67.59)

82.67% (72.19–90.43)

71.98% (66.07–77.39)

82.61% (77.83–86.73)

Specificity

100.00% (84.56–100.00)

100.00% (90.00–100.00)

100.00% (90.51–100.00)

100.00% (90.75–100.00)

100.00% (92.45–100.00)

100.00% (94.13–100.00)

Accuracy

88.32% (81.73–93.18)

95.92% (92.12–98.22)

71.03% (61.42–79.39)

88.50% (81.13–93.73)

76.32% (71.13–80.98)

85.56% (81.49–89.02)

Negative predictive value

57.89% (46.60–68.42)

81.40% (69.01–89.58)

54.41% (47.86–60.82)

74.51% (64.07–82.73)

39.50% (34.92–44.26)

53.98% (47.82–60.03)

Positive predictive value

100.00% (84.56–100.00)

100.00% (90.00–100.00)

100.00% (90.51–100.00)

100.00% (90.75–100.00)

100.00% (92.45–100.00)

100.00% (94.13–100.00)

  1. Cl, confidence interval.
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