Impact of wet suction on specimen quality and diagnostic accuracy in EUS-guided tissue acquisition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Ther Adv Gastroenterol · 2026 · PMC13305393 · PMID 42369614

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borderline significancep = 0.050actually significant

Subgroup analysis showed no significant improvement for FNA (RR = 1.136, p = 0.321) or FNB (RR = 1.099, p = 0.163), though Attam 2015 (FNA) individually showed borderline significance ( p = 0.050; Figure 6(c) and ( d )).

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a nonsignificant trendp = 0.054so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In contrast, specimen integrity did not differ significantly between techniques, although a nonsignificant trend favoring wet suction was observed ( p = 0.054).

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