Prospective evaluation of the optimal number of 25‐gauge needle passes for endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of solid pancreatic lesions in the absence of an onsite cytopathologist - Concepedia

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Prospective evaluation of the optimal number of 25‐gauge needle passes for endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of solid pancreatic lesions in the absence of an onsite cytopathologist

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2012

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Rei Suzuki, Atsushi Irisawa, Manoop S. Bhutani, Takuto Hikichi, Tadayuki Takagi, Ai Sato, Masaki Satō, Tsunehiko Ikeda, Ko Watanabe, Jun Nakamura,

Digestive Endoscopy

Abstract

Our study suggests that four needle passes using a 25-gauge needle may be sufficient for EUS-FNA of SPL where onsite cytology is not available.

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