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Comparison of Franseen and fork-tip needles for EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy of solid mass lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Franseen Fine-Needle Biopsy for Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Pooled it
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- Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy with Histological Analysis Versus Combined Cytohistological Analysis in Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle biopsies of pancreatic lesions: Prospective study of histology quality using Franseen needle.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Trial
- Optimizing tissue acquisition to improve the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of solid masses: a quality improvement initiative.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026Article
- First-intention EUS-guided transluminal drainage with LAMS: an effective and safe method for management of fluid collections after any kind of surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Impact of tumor type and size on macroscopic tissue core retrieval in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for pancreatic malignancies.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Comparison of Franseen and novel tricore needles for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in a porcine liver model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition Using Fork-Tip Needle for Subepithelial Lesions: A Single-Center Validation Study.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Diagnostic Ability of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition Using 19-Gauge Fine-Needle Biopsy Needle for Abdominal Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison between Two Types of 22-Gauge Fine-Needle Biopsy for Solid Pancreatic Tumors.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Comparison of 22G Fork-Tip and Franseen Needles and Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy Using 22G Franseen Needles without Rapid On-Site Evaluation for Diagnosis of Intraabdominal Masses.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Optimal Techniques for EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Pancreatic Solid Masses at Facilities without On-Site Cytopathology: Results from Two Prospective Randomised Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Usefulness of a Fork-Tip Needle in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy for Gastric Subepithelial Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Use of suction during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of solid pancreatic lesions with a Franseen-tip needle: a pilot comparative trial.Endoscopy international open · 2021Article
- Comparison of programmed death ligand 1 immunostaining for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma between paired cytological and surgical samples.CytoJournal · 2021Article
- Current Status of Needles in the Optimization of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Procedures.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Franseen-tip and Fork-tip needles have been widely used in EUS guided fine-needle biopsy (FNB) of solid organs. There is conflicting data on the performance of these needles and unanswered questions on the ideal number of needle-passes and the requirement of an onsite cytopathologist (ROSE). We conducted a comprehensive search of multiple electronic databases and conference proceedings including PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases (from inception through July 2018) to identify studies that reported on the use of Forktip and Franseen-tip needles in EUS-FNB of solid organs. The primary outcome was to estimate and compare the pooled rates of diagnostic-yield. A subgroup analysis compared the outcomes based on the number of needle-passes and the availability of ROSE. A total of 23 study-arms were available for analysis. The pooled rate of diagnostic yield with Fork-tip needle was 92.8% (95% CI 85.3 - 96.6, I
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