Rapid On-Site Evaluation Does Not Improve Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Adequacy in Pancreatic Masses: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) during endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of pancreatic masses has been reported to be associated with improved adequacy and diagnostic yield. However, recent observational data on the impact of ROSE have reported conflicting results. A...

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Main Authors: Fanyang Kong, Jianwei Zhu, Xiangyu Kong, Tao Sun, Xuan Deng, Yiqi Du, Zhaoshen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5033338?pdf=render