Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Disease

Few studies have evaluated the performance of percutaneous core needle biopsies of the pancreas. This article is an overview of the advantages, disadvantages, predictive power and complications associated with percutaneous ultrasound-guided core needle biopsies of pancreatic lesions. A comprehensive literature search of Medline (using PubMed as the search engine) and EMBASE was done to identify suitable studies up to March 2017. A study of...