Feasibility and safety study of 22-gauge endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) needles for portal vein sampling in a swine model

Background and study aims Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been used for portal vein sampling in patients with pancreaticobiliary cancers for enumerating circulating tumor cells but is not yet a standard procedure. Further evaluation is needed to refine the methodology. Therefore, we evaluated the fe...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Park, Daniel Lew, Christopher Chapman, Ashley Wachsman, Matthew Bloom, Liiana Bancila, Rachel Perry, Qiang Wang, Laith Jamil, Stephen Pandol, Simon Lo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-10-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1264-7206