Endoscopic ultrasound-guided forceps biopsy from upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions using a forward-viewing echoendoscope

Background and study aims: Endoscopic tissue acquisition techniques using needle-knife and biopsy forceps allow abundant tissue acquisition from upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions; however, these techniques cannot capture real-time intratumor information. The aim of this study was to evalu...

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Main Authors: Ippei Matsuzaki, Ryoji Miyahara, Yoshiki Hirooka, Kohei Funasaka, Takeshi Yamamura, Eizaburo Ohno, Masanao Nakamura, Hiroki Kawashima, Osamu Watanabe, Makoto Kobayashi, Yoshie Shimoyama, Shigeo Nakamura, Hidemi Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-06-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-106204