TY - JOUR
T1 - The year of improved tissue acquisition, randomized trials, and endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapy
AU - Bhutani, M. S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Presentations at this years Digestive Disease Week (DWW; 710 May, 2011; Chicago, Illinois, USA) reflected a very active year for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). There were numerous abstracts on EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsy to improve tissue acquisition, improve diagnostic accuracy, and indeed go beyond routine cytology and tissue diagnosis. EUS-guided therapy including drainage, anastomoses, injection of therapeutic agents, and ablation were other common themes with a lot of new information presented, much of which was obtained from randomized trials. This review discusses in detail some of the abstracts that followed a common theme. Additional interesting abstracts on this topic are listed at the end of the review.
AB - Presentations at this years Digestive Disease Week (DWW; 710 May, 2011; Chicago, Illinois, USA) reflected a very active year for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). There were numerous abstracts on EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsy to improve tissue acquisition, improve diagnostic accuracy, and indeed go beyond routine cytology and tissue diagnosis. EUS-guided therapy including drainage, anastomoses, injection of therapeutic agents, and ablation were other common themes with a lot of new information presented, much of which was obtained from randomized trials. This review discusses in detail some of the abstracts that followed a common theme. Additional interesting abstracts on this topic are listed at the end of the review.
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0031-1291444
DO - 10.1055/s-0031-1291444
M3 - Article
C2 - 22057765
AN - SCOPUS:80155198711
SN - 0013-726X
VL - 43
SP - 993
EP - 999
JO - Endoscopy
JF - Endoscopy
IS - 11
ER -