Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Newly Designed 21-Gauge and Standard 22-Gauge Aspiration Needles in Patients with Solid Pancreatic Masses

Kosuke Minaga,Tomoe Yoshikawa,Yukitaka Yamashita,Hiroko Akamatsu,Maiko Ikenouchi,Tatsuya Ishii,Hisakazu Matsumoto,Hiroyoshi Iwagami,Yasuki Nakatani,Keiichi Hatamaru,Mamoru Takenaka,Takuji Akamatsu,Yoshito Uenoyama,Tomohiro Watanabe,Kazuo Ono,Yasutaka Chiba,Masatoshi Kudo

Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Newly Designed 21-Gauge and Standard 22-Gauge Aspiration Needles in Patients with Solid Pancreatic Masses

2019

Kosuke Minaga
Tomoe Yoshikawa
Yukitaka Yamashita
Hiroko Akamatsu
Maiko Ikenouchi
Tatsuya Ishii
Hisakazu Matsumoto
Hiroyoshi Iwagami
Yasuki Nakatani
Keiichi Hatamaru
Mamoru Takenaka
Takuji Akamatsu
Yoshito Uenoyama
Tomohiro Watanabe
Kazuo Ono
Yasutaka Chiba
Masatoshi Kudo

Background Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS–FNA) has been widely used for the diagnosis of pancreatic tumors, the ability to obtain adequate pancreatic tumor tissue needs to be improved.

Keywords:

Aspiration needles
Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Radiology
Medicine
Malignancy
Endoscopic ultrasound
Pancreatic tumor
in patient
Pancreatic mass
Fine-needle aspiration
Hepatology
Clinical trial

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