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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Endoscopic ultrasonography compared with multidetector computed tomography for the preoperative staging of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

Study

Study type

No. of patient

Year

EUS MHz

Patient selection

Blinded

Reference test

Habermann et al.

R

51

2004

7.5/12.0

No

Yes

Yes

Polkowski et al.

P

88

2004

7.5/12.0

No

Yes

Yes

Ahn et al.

P

434

2009

5/12.0

Unknown

Yes

Yes

SW Hwang et al.

R

277

2010

5/7.5/12/20

No

Unknown

Yes

Furukawa et al.

R

175

2011

5/7.5/12/20

No

Yes

Yes

Feng et al.

R

610

2013

5/7.5/12/20

No

Yes

Yes

Fairweather et al.

R

49

2015

5/10

Unknown

Yes

Yes

Giganti et al.

P

52

2016

5/10

No

Yes

Yes

  1. R retrospective study, P prospective study