Table 3 characteristics of studies
study | study design prospective | geographic location Asia | 21 needle gauge | Apply imaging guidance systems | histopathology standard only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walker et al.[33] | yes | no | yes | no | Yes |
Kanchanabat et al.[11] | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Pisano et al.[12] | yes | no | no | yes | no |
Lumachi et al.[34] | no | no | not mention | yes | yes |
Farshid et al.[35] | yes | no | not mention | no | no |
Dennison et al.[36] | yes | no | yes | no | no |
Gent et al.[37] | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Wanebo et al.[38] | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Apesteguia et al.[39] | no | no | no | yes | no |
Manheimer et al.[40] | no | no | no | no | yes |
Janet et al.[41] | no | yes | no | no | no |
Drew et al.[42] | no | no | not mention | no | no |
Masood et al.[43] | no | no | not mention | no | yes |
Ishikawa et al.[44] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Harvey et al.[45] | no | no | not mention | yes | no |
Leifland et al.[46] | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
Okamoto et al.[47] | no | yes | yes | yes | no |
Rubin et al.[48] | no | no | not mention | no | no |
Sauer et al.[32] | no | no | not mention | yes | no |
Li et al.[49] | no | yes | not mention | no | yes |
Wang et al.[50] | no | yes | not mention | no | yes |
Yang et al.[51] | no | yes | not mention | no | yes |
Liu et al.[52] | no | yes | not mention | no | yes |
Zhao et al.[53] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Zhan et al.[54] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Gao et al.[55] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Lu et al.[56] | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Liu et al.[57] | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Zhang et al.[58] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Zhang et al.[59] | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Tang et al.[60] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Wang et al.[61] | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Ma et al.[62] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Wang et al.[63] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Wang et al.[64] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Wei et al.[65] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Tao et al.[66] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Wang et al.[67] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Chen et al.[68] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Zeng et al.[69] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Jia et al.[70] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Ma et al.[71] | no | yes | no | no | yes |
Huang et al.[72] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Zhang et al.[73] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Yu et al.[74] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Jiang et al.[75] | no | yes | yes | no | yes |