Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration(EUS-FNA)is a means to procure adequate specimens for histological and cytologic analysis.The ideal EUS-FNA should be safe,accurate,and have a high sample adequacy ra...Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration(EUS-FNA)is a means to procure adequate specimens for histological and cytologic analysis.The ideal EUS-FNA should be safe,accurate,and have a high sample adequacy rate and low adverse events rate.In recent years,many guidelines and trials on EUS-FNA have been published.The purpose of this article is to provide an update on the influence of some of the main factors on the diagnostic efficiency of EUS-FNA as well as a rare but serious complication known as needle tract seeding.展开更多
文摘Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration(EUS-FNA)is a means to procure adequate specimens for histological and cytologic analysis.The ideal EUS-FNA should be safe,accurate,and have a high sample adequacy rate and low adverse events rate.In recent years,many guidelines and trials on EUS-FNA have been published.The purpose of this article is to provide an update on the influence of some of the main factors on the diagnostic efficiency of EUS-FNA as well as a rare but serious complication known as needle tract seeding.
