EUS-Guided Tissue Acquisition, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

This issue should serve as a primer to endoscopists who are seeking state-of-the-art clinical guidance on endoscopic ultrasound tissue acquisition. Authors address the changing paradigm in EUS-guided tissue acquisition and when does the oncologist require core tissue? Articles offer a comprehensive look at the core topics, including definitions in tissue acquisition, selection of FNA needles, and techniques for EUS-guides FNA and FNB. Expert authors also give their recommendations for overcoming technical challenges in EUS-guided tissue acquisition and what the pitfalls are. Readers will have a full understanding of EUS-guided tissue acquisition as well as the future directions.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H Hawes, Robert H. Hawes, Hawes Robert H., Shyam Varadarajulu, Varadarajulu Shyam
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2013
• EAN: 9780323263900
• ISBN: 978-0-323-26390-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 393 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology