TY - CHAP
T1 - Tips to overcome technical challenges in EUS-guided tissue acquisition
AU - Vilmann, Peter
AU - Seicean, Andrada
AU - Saftoiu, Adrian
N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - The diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA depends on several factors, such as the experience of the endosonographer, the characteristics of the lesion, the clinical status of the patient, the size and type of needles, the methods of specimen preparation, as well as cytopathologist expertise. The endosonographic technique can be improved when several tips and tricks useful to overcome challenges of FNA are known. Technical challenges of FNA are related to the characteristics of the lesion and its surroundings, sonographic imaging, and limitations related to the needle. Several tips and tricks necessary to overcome them are presented in this review.
AB - The diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA depends on several factors, such as the experience of the endosonographer, the characteristics of the lesion, the clinical status of the patient, the size and type of needles, the methods of specimen preparation, as well as cytopathologist expertise. The endosonographic technique can be improved when several tips and tricks useful to overcome challenges of FNA are known. Technical challenges of FNA are related to the characteristics of the lesion and its surroundings, sonographic imaging, and limitations related to the needle. Several tips and tricks necessary to overcome them are presented in this review.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84887369675
U2 - 10.1016/j.giec.2013.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.giec.2013.08.009
M3 - Book chapter
C2 - 24215763
VL - 24
T3 - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
SP - 109
EP - 124
BT - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
ER -