TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance of the forward-viewing linear echoendoscope for fine-needle aspiration of solid and cystic lesions throughout the gastrointestinal tract: a large single-center experience
AU - Costamagna, Guido
AU - Larghi, Alberto Leonardo
AU - Galasso, Domenico
AU - Fadda, Guido
AU - Fuccio, Lorenzo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A newly developed forward-viewing linear echoendoscope (FV-EUS) has recently become available. To date, however, only scanty data on the performance of the FV-EUS scope for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of lesions throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are available. This study aimed to evaluate the technical performance of the FV-EUS scope for FNA of solid and cystic lesions located throughout the GI tract in a large cohort of patients referred to a tertiary care center.
AB - A newly developed forward-viewing linear echoendoscope (FV-EUS) has recently become available. To date, however, only scanty data on the performance of the FV-EUS scope for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of lesions throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are available. This study aimed to evaluate the technical performance of the FV-EUS scope for FNA of solid and cystic lesions located throughout the GI tract in a large cohort of patients referred to a tertiary care center.
KW - Confidence Intervals
KW - Cysts
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
KW - Equipment Design
KW - Female
KW - Gastrointestinal Diseases
KW - Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
KW - Humans
KW - Likelihood Functions
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pancreatic Neoplasms
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Confidence Intervals
KW - Cysts
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
KW - Equipment Design
KW - Female
KW - Gastrointestinal Diseases
KW - Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
KW - Humans
KW - Likelihood Functions
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pancreatic Neoplasms
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/64176
U2 - 10.1007/s00464-013-3389-2
DO - 10.1007/s00464-013-3389-2
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 1801
EP - 1807
JO - Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
JF - Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
SN - 0930-2794
ER -