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Core needle versus standard needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy of solid pancreatic masses: a randomized crossover study

DOI

104

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0

References

2014

Year

Geoffroy Vanbiervliet, Bertrand Napoléon, Marie Saint Paul, Charlotte Sakarovitch, Marc Wangermez, Philippe Bichard, C. Subtil, Stéphane Koch, Philippe Grandval, Rodica Gincul,
Endoscopy

Abstract

The diagnostic accuracy of EUS sampling for solid pancreatic masses using standard and core needles seems comparable but with a better overall histological sample quality for the former. ClinicalTrial.gov identifier: NCT01479803.