Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration with a forward-viewing and curved linear-array echoendoscope for small gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions

Background and study aims: It is difficult to perform endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of small gastrointestinal (GI) subepithelial lesions (SELs) approximately 10 mm in diameter. This study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and diagnostic ability of EU...

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Main Authors: Akane Yamabe, Atsushi Irisawa, Manoop S. Bhutani, Goro Shibukawa, Yoko Abe, Akiko Saito, Koh Imbe, Koki Hoshi, Ryo Igarashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015-04-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1391671