Does onsite cytotechnology evaluation improve the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Alsohaibani, Fahad ^a   Girgis, Safwat ^a   Sandha, Gurpal Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endosonography; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 60849118386     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/194351     Document Type: Article

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