Fork-tip needle biopsy versus fine-needle aspiration in endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling of solid pancreatic masses: a randomized crossover study

Kofi Oppong, Noor Bekkali, John Leeds, Sarah J. Johnson, Manu Nayar, Antony Darné, Mark Egan, Paul Bassett, Beate Haugk

Endoscopy · 2020 · 72 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The diagnostic performance of the fork-tip FNB needle was significantly better than that of FNA; it was associated with ease of diagnosis, shorter pathological viewing times, and was cost neutral.

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