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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Percutaneous Computed Tomography-Guided Coaxial Core Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.

Yung-Yeh Su, Yi-Sheng Liu, Ying-Jui Chao, Nai-Jung Chiang, Chia-Jui Yen, Hong-Ming Tsai

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yung-Yeh SuNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan 704, Taiwan. yysu@nhri.edu.tw.
Yi-Sheng LiuDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan. taicheng100704@yahoo.com.tw.
Ying-Jui ChaoDepartment of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan. pitt_chao@yahoo.com.tw.
Nai-Jung ChiangNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan 704, Taiwan. njchiang@nhri.org.tw.
Chia-Jui YenDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan. yencj@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Hong-Ming TsaiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan. sjfhmt@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endoscopic, ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) with rapid on-site evaluation is recommended as a first choice in the diagnosis of pancreatic lesions. Since EUS facilities and rapid on-site evaluation are not widely available, even in medical centers, an alternative for precise diagnoses of pancreatic tumor is warranted. The percutaneous computed tomography-guided, core needle biopsy (CT-CNB) is a commonly applicable method for biopsies. Our institute has developed a fat-transversing approach for pancreatic biopsies which is able to approach most tumors in the pancreas without penetrating organs or vessels. Herein, we report a 15-year experiment of pancreatic tumor coaxial CT-CNB in 420 patients. The success rate of tissue yielding by the technique was 99.3%. The overall sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 93.2%, 100%, and 93.4%, respectively. The diagnostic accuracy could be increased to 96.4% in 2016-2018 (after the learning curve period). The overall complication rate was 8.6%. Neither life-threatening major complications, nor seeding through the biopsy tract, were observed. Our study supported the hypothesis that CT-CNB could be a complementary option for diagnostic tissue acquisition in patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic tumors when EUS-TA is either unsuitable or unavailable.

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coaxialCTpancreatic tumorpercutaneous biopsy

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