Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

Office-based, surgeon-performed, ultrasound-guided, fine needle aspiration (FNA) of head and neck lesions yields a statistically significant higher diagnostic rate compared to the standard ...

Aspiration attempts were unsuccessful in four patients (two ... was 94% and negative predictive value 82%. EUS-guided RTFNA is a safe and accurate method for performing pancreatic biopsy. It should be ...

Fine needle aspiration is a type of biopsy procedure. In fine needle aspiration, a thin needle is inserted into an area of abnormal-appearing tissue or body fluid. As with other types of biopsies ...

transthoracic needle aspiration and endoscopic transoesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS–FNA). EUS–FNA involves insertion of an endoscope into the oesophagus and transoesophageal ...

A higher proportion of thyroid nodules between 0.5 cm and 1 cm in diameter were definitively diagnosed with repeat fine needle aspiration ... “A second ultrasound-guided FNA is recommended ...

Release the elevator after the EUS-guided tumor penetration, to reduce the resistance against the needle. The entire needle assembly can only be removed from the endoscope after complete ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal masses and will publish guidance on ...