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How to improve the positive rate of endoscopic ultrasoundguided fine needle aspiration biopsy

  

  1. Endoscopy Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034,  China
  • Online:2019-09-20 Published:2019-11-19
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Nian Weidong, Email: nwd6609@sina.com

Abstract: EUS has been widely used in the diagnosis and staging of gastrointestinal tumors, the biliopancreatic system and other extramural organs. The development of EUSFNA changed the application scope  of EUS. How to improve the positive rate of EUSFNA has always been the focus of endoscopic physicians. This article aims to make a review on the the progress of operation procedure of EUSFNA, needle selection, puncture method strategy and rapid field pathological assessment, and discuss how to improve the positive rate of EUSFNA.

Key words: endosonography, biopsy;needle, tissue and organ harvesting