Review Article

Diagnostic Ability of Magnifying Narrow-Band Imaging for the Extent of Early Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

The negative resection rate of the horizontal margin in differentiated-type EGC and undifferentiated-type EGC.

Number of studies (lesions examined)Events (lesions examined)95% CI (%) value

Differentiated240440264.5%0.0999.77 [98.23-100.00]0.2528
Undifferentiated533531489.4%<0.0197.40 [89.06-100.00]

EGC: early gastric cancer; CI: confidence interval.