ReviewEndoscopic ultrasound
The incremental benefit of EUS for the identification of malignancy in indeterminate extrahepatic biliary strictures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Endoscopic ultrasound. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chinese national clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract cancers.Chinese medical journal · 2024Guideline
- Intraductal cryobiopsy via percutaneous cholangioscopy for biliary strictures: a multicenter feasibility study.Endoscopy · 2026Article
- Evolving role of endoscopic ultrasound in biliary stricture management: A meta-analysis and systematic review.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Approach to Biliary Strictures.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An Approach to and Treatment of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Optimizing endoscopic diagnosis of biliary strictures of undetermined etiology: a practical guide based on the new ASGE guidelines.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Challenges in Follicular Cholangitis Mimicking Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Obstructive jaundice secondary to duodenal ulcer: A case reportRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2021Article
- Biliary Strictures and Cholangiocarcinoma - Untangling a Diagnostic Conundrum.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
- Clinical Management of Bile Duct Diseases: Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in a Personalized Approach.Journal of personalized medicine · 2020Article
- Determining the Indeterminate Biliary Stricture: Cholangioscopy and Beyond.Current gastroenterology reports · 2020Review
- Challenging biliary strictures: pathophysiological features, differential diagnosis, diagnostic algorithms, and new clinically relevant biomarkers - part 1.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This systematic review aims to assess the literature to determine the impact of EUS for diagnosing malignancy among indeterminate extrahepatic biliary strictures. A systematic review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, and conference proceedings from inception to July 2016. Pooled results were calculated using random-effects model, and heterogeneity was explored using stratified meta-analysis and meta-regression. The main outcome was the incremental benefit of EUS (IB
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.