Successful Procedure (i.e. no dry tap)

Hemorrhagic

Other (e.g. infection, low BP, etc.)

US-Guided

No US

US-Guided

No US

US-Guided

No US

Mallory 1978 Retro [9] *

4/242 (0.8%)

3/242 (1.2%)

Runyon 1986 Pro [8]

4/229 (1.7%)

Ross 1989 Retro [21]

3/109 (2.7%)

Webster 1996 Retro [37]

4/179 (2.2%)

Grabau 2004 Retro [24] *†

1/1100 (0.1%)

3/1100 (0.3%)

Nazeer 2005 RCT [36] **

40/42 (95%)

27/42 (64%)

Cervini 2010 Retro [42] ††

4/2536 (0.2%)

Patel 2012 Retro [41] ***

2/723 (0.4%)

5/574 (0.9%)

3/723 (0.41%)

15/574 (2.4%)

Mercaldi 2013 Retro [10] †††

87/31,649 (0.27%)

478/38,210 (1.25%)