Effect of dedicated and supervised training on achieving competence in EUS-FNA of solid pancreatic lesions

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 997-1003

  Nayar, Manu ^a   Joy, Diamond ^a   Wadehra, Viney ^a   Oppong, Kofi ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Pancreatic neoplasms; Training

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79960258207     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.579158     Document Type: Article

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