Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

The procedure involves taking a sample of a thyroid nodule with a needle for examination under a microscope. During the procedure, medical staff uses ultrasound equipment to create real time images of ...

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has long been used as a safe and effective way to evaluate thyroid nodules in ...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is a recent innovation in the evaluation of gastrointestinal and pulmonary malignancies. AIMS To review the experience ...

AIM To assess the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNAB) in patients with solid pancreatic masses. METHODS Ninety nine consecutive patients ...

BACKGROUND: Malignancies located in the upper middle mediastinum usually do not have a sufficiently large acoustic window to permit a conventional ultrasound guided ... biopsy was performed with a 22 ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA ... One significant area of research has been the comparison of various fine-needle biopsy (FNB) needles used during EUS-FNA.

thorax.dk Background: A study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) in patients with mediastinal masses suspected of ...

A biopsy is a minimally invasive way to take a sample of tissue in order to determine whether it is benign (noncancerous), malignant (cancerous) or infectious. In image-guided biopsy, a doctor uses ...

During an initial appointment, patients receive a full consultation with one of our endocrinologists or endocrine surgeons, followed by a thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine needle ...

A stiff steel needle for fine needle aspiration biopsy is the 'core' of this biopsy instrument. The needle is manipulated by a handle piston in the biopsy handle (Fig. 1). The handle piston can be ...