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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Pancreatic Tissue Sampling: Lesion Assessment, Needles, and Techniques.

Jahnvi Dhar, Jayanta Samanta, Zaheer Nabi, Manik Aggarwal, Maria Cristina Conti Bellocchi, Antonio Facciorusso, Luca Frulloni, Stefano Francesco Crinò

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jahnvi DharDepartment of Gastroenterology, Adesh Medical College and Hospital, Kurukshetra 136134, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6929-4276
Jayanta SamantaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9277-5086
Zaheer NabiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500082, India.
Manik AggarwalDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6087-1700
Maria Cristina Conti BellocchiDepartment of Medicine, Diagnostic and Interventional Endoscopy of the Pancreas, The Pancreas Institute, University Hospital of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7813-1583
Antonio FacciorussoGastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2107-2156
Luca FrulloniDepartment of Medicine, Diagnostic and Interventional Endoscopy of the Pancreas, The Pancreas Institute, University Hospital of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7417-2655
Stefano Francesco CrinòDepartment of Medicine, Diagnostic and Interventional Endoscopy of the Pancreas, The Pancreas Institute, University Hospital of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4560-8741

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided tissue sampling includes the techniques of fine needle aspiration (FNA) and fine needle biopsy (FNB), and both procedures have revolutionized specimen collection from the gastrointestinal tract, especially from remote/inaccessible organs. EUS-FNB has replaced FNA as the procedure of choice for tissue acquisition in solid pancreatic lesions (SPLs) across various society guidelines. FNB specimens provide a larger histological tissue core (preserving tissue architecture) with fewer needle passes, and this is extremely relevant in today's era of precision and personalized molecular medicine. Innovations in needle tip design are constantly under development to maximize diagnostic accuracy by enhancing histological sampling capabilities. But, apart from the basic framework of the needle, various other factors play a role that influence diagnostic outcomes, namely, sampling techniques (fanning, aspiration or suction, and number of passes), collection methods, on-site evaluation (rapid, macroscopic, or visual), and specimen processing. The choice taken depends strongly on the endoscopist's preference, available resources at the disposal, and procedure objectives. Hence, in this review, we explicate in detail the concepts and available literature at our disposal on the topic of EUS-guided pancreatic tissue sampling to best guide any practicing gastroenterologist/endoscopist in a not-to-ideal set-up, which EUS-guided tissue acquisition technique is the "best" for their case to augment their diagnostic outcomes.

Indexed as

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationNeedlesPancreasPancreatic NeoplasmsEndosonographyHumansSpecimen Handlingendoscopic ultrasoundfine-needle aspirationfine-needle biopsyIPMNpancreatic cancerpancreatic cystspancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

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PMID39768901
PMCPMC11727853

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