Randomized controlled trial of comparison of the adequacy, and diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration with and without a stylet in Indian patients: A prospective single blind study

Randomized controlled trial of comparison of the adequacy, and diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration with and without a stylet in Indian patients: A prospective single blind study

Background: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is done using EUS-FNA needle with an internal stylet by most of the endosonographers. There is no data to suggest that it improves the quality of cytology specimen, and it is tedious and time-consuming. Aim: To compare EUS-FNA...

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Main Authors: Sandeep Nijhawan, Bir Singh, Amritesh Kumar, Dilip Ramrakhiani, Amit Mathur, Gaurav Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
endoscopic ultrasound
fine needle aspiration
stylet
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.150662

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