Table 13Rates of pain after EUS-FNA

StudyPain DetailsRate of Harm
Katanuma et al. 2013116Mild abdominal pain1.2% (4/327)
Siddiqui et al. 2012120Abdominal pain0.1% (1/677)
Kliment et al. 2010142Minor pain treated with a single dose of analgesics1% (2/207)
Fisher et al. 2009123Pain requiring hospital re-admission1.1% (1/93)
Zamboni et al. 2009144Pain after the procedure, not clinically significant1.1% (6/545)
Al-Haddad et al. 2008145Moderate abdominal pain requiring ER admission but no hospital stay and treated with oral analgesics0.5% (1/210)
Moderately severe abdominal pain within 2 hours, requiring hospital admission1% (2/210)
Sakamoto et al. 200888Abdominal pain, transient2.0% (2/98)
Shah et al. 2008143Abdominal pain1.6% (2/123)
Eloubeidi et al. 2007124,137141Major complication: severe pain0.5% (3/547)
Minor complication: abdominal pain0.9% (5/547)
Voss et al. 2000132Abdominal pain and pyrexia, resolved spontaneously1% (1/99)

EUS-NFA = Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration.

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