Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration combined with either endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration or endoscopic ultrasound using the EBUS scope-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosing and staging mediastinal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Combining EBUS-TBNA with EUS-FNA was associated with slightly better diagnostic accuracy than combining it with Eus-B-Fna. Evidence suggests that the...

Endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle biopsies of pancreatic lesions: Prospective study of histology quality using Franseen needle

22G Franseen needle was used in the endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) trial. High-quality histology, rated with Payne score 3,...

Comparison of EUS-guided conventional smear and liquid-based cytology in pancreatic lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration has limitations of inadequate sampling and false-negative results for malignancy. Alternativ...

Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PDD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of 714 patients

Endoscopic ultrasound guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PDD) is a minimal-invasive therapeutic option to surgery and in patients with failed endosc...

Efficacy and safety of lumen apposing metal stents or self-expandable metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledocho-duodenostomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage is becoming an option for palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. Lumen apposing metal stents...

Needle-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (nCLE) for Evaluation of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

New imaging techniques including needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) have been devised. nCLE has a diagnostic accuracy of 99% with a low...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a systematic review of the literature

Surgery is the mainstay therapy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (P-NETs) but it is associated with significant adverse events. EUS-RFA has been d...

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Gallbladder Drainage Versus Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis with High Surgical Risk: An Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Study compared EUSGBD with percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) for acute cholecystitis with high surgical risk. EUS GBD was associa...

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