A randomized clinical trial comparing 22G and 25G needles in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of solid lesions

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 709-715

  Camellini, L ^a   Carlinfante, G ^a   Azzolini, F ^a   Iori, V ^a   Cavina, M ^a   Sereni, G ^a   Decembrino, F ^a   Gallo, C ^a   Tamagnini, I ^a   Valli, R ^a   Piana, S ^a   Campari, C ^b   Gardini, G ^a   Sassatelli, R ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE; PANCREATITIS; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 79961126983     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256482     Document Type: Article

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