Assessment of the technical performance of the flexible 19-gauge EUS-FNA needle

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 336-343

  Varadarajulu, Shyam ^a   Bang, Ji Young ^a   Hebert Magee, Shantel ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELIAC PLEXUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRAIN; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE; NEUROLYSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOCYST; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOYS; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864143985     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.04.455     Document Type: Article

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