Sommario

• • ·Contents

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• • ·Editors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• Introduction

  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: interventional EUS—a road map for the future

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    Robert H. Hawes, Jacques Van Dam, Shyam Varadarajulu

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• EUS 2008 Working Group Recommendations

  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy

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    Thomas J. Savides, Shyam Varadarajulu, Laurent Palazzo

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (with video)

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    Takao Itoi, Kenji Yamao

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic-fluid collections (with video)

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    Stefan Seewald, Tiing Leong Ang, Mitsuhira Kida, Karl Yu Kim Teng, Nib Soehendra

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided pancreatic-cyst ablation

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    Khek-Yu Ho, William R. Brugge

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis/block (with video)

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    Ian D. Penman, Thomas Rösch

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided drainage of pelvic-fluid collections (with video)

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Yuk Tong Lee

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided vascular therapy

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    Michael J. Levy, Amitabh Chak

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided pancreatic-duct drainage (with video)

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    Angels Ginès, Shyam Varadarajulu, Bertrand Napoleon

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided implantation therapy (with video)

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    Jacques Van Dam, Shyam Varadarajulu, Zhendong Jin

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided injection therapy for tumors

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    Kenneth J. Chang, Atsusi Irisawa

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  • ·EUS 2008 Working Group document: evaluation of EUS-guided tumor ablation

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    Michael B. Wallace, Luis Carlos Sabbagh

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• Program

  • ·Basic functions of linear EUS processor and when to use them

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    Yuk-Tong Lee

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  • ·Advanced imaging options: what is available?

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    Khek-Yu Ho

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  • ·EUS contrast agents: what is available, how do they work, and are they effective?

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    Maria Victoria Alvarez Sanchez, Shyam Varadarajulu, Bertrand Napoleon

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  • ·Basic technique of handling the linear echoendoscope and how it differs from the radial echoendoscope

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    Stefan Seewald, Tiing Leong Ang, Nib Soehendra

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  • ·The mediastinum

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    Yuk-Tong Lee

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  • ·Curved linear array EUS technique in the pancreas and biliary tree: focusing on the stations

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    Atsushi Irisawa, Kenji Yamao

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  • ·The gut: esophagus, stomach, and rectum

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    Luis Carlos Sabbagh

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  • ·Esophageal cancer

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    Luis Carlos Sabbagh

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  • ·EUS for mediastinal disease

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    Thomas J. Savides

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  • ·Submucosal lesions

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    Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Shujiro Tsuji, Kentaro Ishii, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Fuminori Moriyasu

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  • ·Pancreatic masses

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    Mitsuhiro Kida

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  • ·Pancreatic cysts

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    Michael J. Levy

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  • ·Chronic pancreatitis

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    Michael B. Wallace

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  • ·Linear array EUS in bile-duct lesions

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    Maria Victoria Alvarez Sanchez, Bertrand Pujol, Bertrand Napoleon

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  • ·Basic technique of FNA

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    Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi, Manoop S. Bhutani, Hiromasa Ohira

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  • ·Tricks for improving EUS-FNA accuracy and maximizing cellular yield

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    Thomas J. Savides

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  • ·How I do it and when I use (and do not use) EUS-FNA

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    Kenji Yamao, Nobumasa Mizuno, Tadayuki Takagi, Kazuo Hara

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  • ·Needles: what is available, does size matter?

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    Khek-Yu Ho

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  • ·Techniques for getting to difficult places

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    Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Shujiro Tsuji, Kentaro Ishii, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Fuminori Moriyasu

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  • ·What I need to know and what I need to do if I do not have a cytopathologist present for the procedure

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    Angels Ginès, Manel Solé, Glòria Fernández-Esparrach

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  • ·Technique of pancreatic cyst aspiration

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    Laurent Palazzo, Dermot O’Toole, Pascal Hammel

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  • ·Micrometastasis, molecular markers, and their future role with EUS-guided FNA

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    Michael B. Wallace

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  • ·Imaging alone is sufficient in most circumstances—making the case for limited need for FNA

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    Kenjiro Yasuda

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  • ·Imaging is overrated: early and frequent use of FNA in pancreatic tumors

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    Kenneth J. Chang

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  • ·The radial echoendoscope: here to stay or gone tomorrow?

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    Thomas Rösch

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  • ·Basic technique for celiac plexus block/neurolysis

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    Ian D. Penman, David Gilbert

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  • ·New approaches, including targeting the ganglia

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    Michael J. Levy

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  • ·What is the evidence for EUS-guided celiac plexus block/neurolysis?

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    Amitabh Chak

    
  • ·State of the art: putting EUS-guided block/neurolysis into perspective

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    Ian D. Penman

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  • ·EUS followed by endoscopic pancreatic pseudocyst drainage or all-in-one procedure: a review of basic techniques (with video)

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    Shyam Varadarajulu

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  • ·Advanced techniques for drainage of peripancreatic fluid collections

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    Stefan Seewald, Tiing Leong Ang, Nib Soehendra

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  • ·Endoscopic treatment of pancreatic fluid collections in 2008 and beyond

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    Rogier P. Voermans, Paul Fockens

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  • ·Technique and status of EUS-guided fine-needle injection

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    Kenneth J. Chang

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  • ·EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy

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    Kenji Yamao

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  • ·Review of EUS-guided pancreatic duct drainage (with video)

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Jessica M. Trevino

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  • ·The use of EUS to diagnose cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

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    William R. Brugge

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  • ·EUS and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

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    Amitabh Chak

    
  • ·EUS-guided tumor ablation with heat, cold, microwave, or radiofrequency: will there be a winner?

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    William R. Brugge

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  • ·EUS: state of the art in the USA

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    Jacques Van Dam

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  • ·EUS: state of the art in Europe

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    Laurent Palazzo, Jean-Michel Godchaux

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  • ·EUS: state of the art in Asia

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    Kenjiro Yasuda

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• 16th International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasonography, September 12-13, 2008, San Francisco, California

  • ·Prospective comparative study of the EUS guided 25-gauge FNA needle with the 19-gauge Trucut needle and 22-gauge FNA needle in patients with solid pancreatic masses

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    Hiroki Sakamoto

    
  • ·Dynamic imaging of pancreatic tumors by contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS with long-lasting contrast

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    Masayuki Kitano, Tadayuki Takagi, Hiroki Sakamoto, Kunal Das, Takamitsu Komaki, Kazu Noda, Kenji Yamao, Masatoshi Kudo

    
  • ·Prospective randomized trial comparing endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and gastroscopy (EGD) for trans-mural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, John D. Christein, Ashutosh Tamhane, Ernesto R. Drelichman, Mel Wilcox

    
  • ·EUS-guided biliary drainage for the patients with malignant biliary ducts obstruction

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    K. Hara, N. Mizuno, T. Takagi, A. Sawaki, H. Goto, K. Yamao

    
  • ·Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided iodine-125 seed implantation combined with gemcitabine for unresectable pancreatic cancer: a randomized clinical trial

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    Yueping Jiang, Zhendong Jin, Zhaoshen Li, Yan Liu, Yiqi Du, Jie Chen, Xianbao Zhan, Ling Zhang, Zhuan Liao

    
  • ·EUS-guided implatation therapy

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    Zhendong Jin

    
  • ·EUS-guided ethanol lavage with paclitaxel injection for septated cystic tumors of the pancreas

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    Hyoung-Chul Oh, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Sung Koo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim

    
  • ·Experimental study evaluating EUS-guided RFA using a prototype retractable needle electrode array

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Nirag C. Jhala, Ernesto R. Drelichman

    
  • ·A prospective study of the use of intraductal ultrasound and saline irrigation for ensuring complete clearance of common bile duct stones after ERCP

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    Tiing Leong Ang

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of kidney masses: results of a multicenter United States experience

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    J. DeWitt, F. Gress, M.J. Levy, L. Hernandez, M. Eloubeidi, G. Mishra, S. Sherman, L. McHenry, M. Al-Haddad, J.K. LeBlanc

    
  • ·Cytologic evaluation of cystic pancreatic lesions (CPL): comparison of EchoBrush versus standard EUS-FNA techniques in a blinded prospective study

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    Kanwar R.S. Gill, Mohammad Al-Haddad, Murli Krishna, Laith H. Jamil, Seth A. Gross, Timothy A. Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, Michael B. Wallace

    
  • ·Endosonographic morphological features for the identification of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in lung cancer

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    Kanwar R.S. Gill, Marwan S. Ghabril, Laith H. Jamil, Seth A. Gross, Timothy A. Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, Brenda J. Hoffman, Robert H. Hawes, Joseph Romagnuolo, Michael B. Wallace

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) versus endoscopic ultrasonography-guided Trucut biopsy (EUS-TNB) in the diagnosis of gastric subepithelial tumors: a prospective and comparative study

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    Angels Ginès

    
  • ·Accuracy of EUS, EBUS, and combined EUS/EBUS for lung cancer evaluation in patients with a negative CT of the mediastinum

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    H.L. Jamil, N. Cubero de Frutos, J. Pascual, M. Raimondo, M. Woodward, J. Crook, K.R. Gill, S. Gross, J. Odell, M.B. Wallace

    
  • ·Therapeutic success of endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic cysts in a pediatric population

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    Saad F. Jazrawi, Bradley A. Barth, Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus radiation (CPR) with iodine125 seeds in the control of pain in advanced pancreatic carcinoma: a preliminary observation

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    Zhendong Jin

    
  • ·Effectiveness of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration and Trucut biopsy of mediastinal lymphadenopathy

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    Kyung Sun Ok, Jung Hwan Lee, Jeong Hun Song, Jin Gook Huh, Soo Hyung Ryu, You Sun Kim, Jeong Seop Moon

    
  • ·Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (CE-EUS) in solid lesions of the pancreas: results of a pilot study

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    Bertrand Napoleon, Rodica Gincul, Bertrand Pujol, Maria Victoria Alvarez, Christine Lefort, Jean-Christophe Souquet, Pierre-Edouard Queneau, Thierry Ponchon

    
  • ·Complication rates of EUS-guided celiac plexus blockade and celiac plexus neurolysis: a single endosconographer’s experience

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    Terrance O’Toole, Nathan Schmulewitz

    
  • ·Endosonographers may be able to perform immediate cytologic evaluation after EUS-guided FNA procedure: preliminary results of a prospective study

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    George Rateb, Rabia Temmar, Julie Vachon, Densie Vanasse

    
  • ·Safety and factors predicting diagnostic yield of EUS-guided trucut biopsy technique: a large single center experience

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    T. Thomas, P. Kaye, K. Ragunath, G.P. Aithal

    
  • ·Pancreatic cyst sampling: to brush or not to brush? That is the question

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    T. Thomas, K. Ragunath, P.V. Kaye, G.P. Aithal

    
  • ·Analysis of K-ras point mutation in pancreatic mass lesions using endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration

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    K. Yamakita, A. Sawaki, N. Mizuno, K. Hara, T. Takagi, T. Nakamura, M. Tajika, H. Kawai, K. Yamao, K. Hosoda, Y. Yatabe

    
  • ·The effectiveness of EUS in detecting non-insulinoma gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

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    Yang Aiming, Shu Huijun, Qian Jiaming, Lu Xinghua

    
  • ·EUS features in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis

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    Yang Aiming, Wu Xi, Qian Jiaming, Lu Xinghua, Wu Dongsheng, Yao Fang

    
  • ·EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis vs. block: assessing interference with pancreatic surgery and adhesions in a pig survival model

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    Vasu Appalaneni, Katherine Morgan, Robert Hawes, Brenda Hoffman, Joseph Romagnuolo

    
  • ·Downstream financial benefits of EUS to a single medical center

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    Matthew Atkinson

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound directed pseudocyst drainage without the use of fluoroscopy: a case series

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    Kamran Ayub, D. Patterson, S. Irani, D. Schembre, M. Gluck, J. Brandabur, G. Jiranek, A. Ross, O. Lin, R. Kozarek

    
  • ·Wilkie’s syndrome diagnosed by curvilinear array endoscopy ultrasound: an unsuspected entity

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    Dervis Bandres, Olaya Brewer, Olga Roman, Saturnino Fernandez

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration of solid pancreatic lesions in a Venezuelan academic center

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    Dervis Bandres, Olaya Brewer, Victor Bracho, Carolina Díaz, Victoria García, Nelson Simonovich

    
  • ·Curvilinear endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of superficial gastric neoplasia

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    Dervis Bandres, Olaya Brewer, Alvaro Carvajal, Alberto Baptista, Nelson Simonovich

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound imaging with fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in the diagnosis of atypical pancreatic neoplasms versus pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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    Courtney Barancin, Patrick Pfau, Brett Spier, Terrence Frick, Clifford Cho, Josephine Harter, Deepak Gopal

    
  • ·Utilities of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspirate in clinical practice: an institutional experience

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    Syed T. Bin-Sagheer, Gleb Haynatzki, Bo Wang

    
  • ·Did the presence of cytopathologist reduced optimal number of EUS-guided fine needle passes needed to obtain a correct diagnosis?

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    Joseph Boujaoude, Lyna Mounassa, Bassam Abboud, Marwan Ghosn, Fadi Nasr, Georges Chahine, Cesar Yaghi, Khalil Honein, Raymond Sayegh, Gerard Abadjian, Claude Ghorra

    
  • ·EUS-guided drainage of a symptomatic pseudocyst in cirrhotic patient with ascites and intervening vessels

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    Joseph Boujaoude, Eliana Hanna, Lyna Mounassa, Bassam Abboud, Khalil Honein, Raymond Sayegh

    
  • ·Evaluation of pancreatic cysts with intermediate CEA levels: a single center review

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    J.V. Brown-Chang, P. Pinto-Marques, S.J. Rulyak, J.H. Hwang, M.B. Kimmey, M.D. Saunders

    
  • ·The first experience of using the convex echoendoscope in oncology

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    M.S. Burdyukov, I.N. Yurichev, A.M. Nechipai, O.V. Chistyakova

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided application of a new hybrid bipolar cryotherm probe in the liver and spleen of an animal model: a preliminary study

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    S. Carrara, P.G. Arcidiacono, L. Albarello, A. Addis, M.D. Enderle, C. Boemo, A. Neugebauer, M. Campagnol, C. Doglioni, P.A. Testoni

    
  • ·Complication rate after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions: a large single center experience

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    S. Carrara, P.G. Arcidiacono, G. Mezzi, M.C. Petrone, C. Boemo, P.A. Testoni

    
  • ·Endoscopic choledocho-duodenostomy (ECD) for the treatment of biliary obstruction using prototype compression coil and interventional endosonography (EUS): a “proof of principle” canine study

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    Kenneth Chang

     
  • ·Application of miniprobe ultrasonography and endoscopic submucosal dissection in diagnosis and therapy for submucosal protuberant lesions in gastrointestinal tract

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    Ping Chen

    
  • ·Follow-up evaluation and clinical course of the small EUS-suspected gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

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    Tsu-Yao Cheng, Meng-Shun Sun, Ching-Yang Tsai, Chang-Shyue Yang, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Yu-Jen Fang, Hsiu-Po Wang

    
  • ·The clinical utility of EUS in decision making of early gastric cancer

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    Yu Kyung Cho

    
  • ·The value of EUS in predicting portal hypertension associated hemorrhage of in patients with esophageal and gastric varices

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    Yi Cui, Xi-Feng Mi

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound guided Tru-Cut Biopsy (EUS-TCB) of benign liver disease: initial prospective experience in 21 consecutive patients

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    J. DeWitt, K. McGreevy, O. Cummings, S. Sherman, J.K. Leblanc, L. McHenry, M.A. Al-Haddad, N. Chalasani

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound guided ethanol versus saline lavage for pancreatic cysts: a prospective multicenter, randomized, double blinded study (the EPIC Study): final results

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    John DeWitt, Kathleen McGreevy, C.M. Schmidt, Kerry Collier, William R. Brugge

    
  • ·EUS-guided biliogastric fistula of postoperative biloma

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    Simone Di Bella, Francesca Cimmino, Emilia D’Amore, Leonardo De Luca

    
  • ·EUS with or without FNA is a highly effective modality in the evaluation of positive PET scan findings

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    David L. Diehl, Inessa Khaykis, Kent Friedman

    
  • ·Ablation of pancreatic cystic lesions: the use of multiple ethanol lavage treatments

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    Christopher J. DiMaio, William R. Brugge

    
  • ·Molecular analysis of CEA CA19-9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed by EUS guided FNA

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    Dong Wang

    
  • ·Measuring S100P gene level in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration specimens of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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    Dong Wang

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis in a patient with disseminated cryptococcus infection

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    Sunil Dwivedi, Michael Berg, Matthew Eidem, Kermit V. Speeg, Juan Guerrero, Hector Nazario, Sandeep Patel

    
  • ·Cervical esophageal perforations at the time of endoscopic ultrasound: a prospective evaluation of frequency, outcomes, and patient management

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    M. Eloubeidi, A. Tamhane, T. Lopes, D. Morgan, R. Cerfolio

    
  • ·Initial evaluation of the prototype forward-viewing echoendoscope for performing fine needle aspiration, tru-cut biopsy and celiac plexus neurolysis

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    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi

    
  • ·Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) of the rectum mimicking a mallignat GIST

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    Jose M. Esteban, Cristina Alba, Antonio Gutiérrez del Olmo, José A. López-Asenjo, Luis Ortega, Juan Andrés Ramírez Armengol

    
  • ·Validation of tissue characterization by endoscopic ultrasound spectrum analysis in differentiating pancreatic adenocarcinoma from normal pancreas

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    A.L. Faulx, R.E. Kumon, M.J. Pollack, R.C.K. Wong, G.A. Isenberg, B. Wolf, F.T. Farooq, Y. Zhou, C.X. Deng, A. Chak

    
  • ·EUS-guided transmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts

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    Mitsuharu Fukasawa

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) versus EUS-guided cytobrushing to assess cellular diagnosis in cystic pancreatic lesions: preliminary results of a prospective study

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    Angels Ginès

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in mediastinal restaging after neoadjuvant therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): preliminary results

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    Angels Ginès

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for scouting and guiding treatment in patients with recurrent upper gastroointestinal bleeding

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    Angels Ginès

    
  • ·The gold standard EUS FNA false positive and false suspicious rates: correlation with surgical pathology in the absence of neoadjuvant therapy (Mayo Clinic 1993-2007 experience)

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    Ferga C. Gleeson, Benjamin R. Kipp, Amy C. Clayton, Michael R. Henry, Jun Zhang, Jill L. Caudill, Kevin C. Halling, Jonathan E. Clain, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D. Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Michael J. Levy

    
  • ·EUS guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections

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    Stuart R. Gordon, Timothy B. Gardner, Heiko Pohl

    
  • ·EusWiki.com: a wiki based teaching file for EUS on the Web

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    K. Gottlieb, C. Pélaez-Morales

    
  • ·EUS-guided electrocautery therapy for refractory anastomotic stricture of the esophagus

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    Peter Grubel

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis

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    Wen Guo, Bo Jiang, Side Liu, Cunlong Chen, Fachao Zhi

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis

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    Wen Guo, Bo Jiang, Side Liu, Cunlong Chen, Fachao Zhi

    
  • ·Diagnostic value of endoscopy biopsy and ultrasonic endoscope on Borrmann type 4 gastric carcinoma

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    Wen Guo, Yali Zhang, Cunlong Chen, Lan Bai, Tianming Chen, Fachao Zhi, Bo Jiang

    
  • ·Diagnostic value of EUS-FNA in cases with T1 (less than 20 mm) pancreatic solid tumor lesion

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    Keiji Hanada

    
  • ·Endoscopic real time elastography: a study of 45 patients

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    Roald F. Havre

    
  • ·Determining diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA for solid pancreatic masses at a newly established EUS center

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    Gordon Hunt, Sonali Master, Su-Jau Yang, Thomas Savides

    
  • ·Usefulness and problems of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA): diagnosis of malignant lymphoma

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    Tsunehiko Ikeda

    
  • ·Echo-endoscopic analysis of variceal hemodynamics in patient with isolated gastric varices

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    Hidemichi Imamura

    
  • ·Can contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography with Sonazoid increase the accuracy of preoperative T-staging for pancreatico-biliary tumor? An ongoing study

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    H. Imazu, H. Tajiri, Y. Uchiyama, H. Kakutani

    
  • ·Feasibility of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and immune-cytochemistry examination for the assessment of neoangiogenesis in the patients with lung cancer

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    Ana Maria Ioncica

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasonography guided biliary stenting for malignant biliary obstruction

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    Yasutaka Ishii, Keiji Hanada, Tomohiro Iiboshi, Naomichi Hirano, Fumiaki Hino, Makoto Oobayashi

    
  • ·Comparing the amount of specimens collected by EUS-FNA

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    Hideki Ishikawa

    
  • ·Usefulness of EUS-guided choledochododenostomy in patients with endoscopically inaccessible papilla

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    Fumihide Itokawa

    
  • ·Impact of elastography endoscopic ultrasound for diagnosis of pancreatic mass

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    Fumihide Itokawa

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the splenic tumor

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    Takuji Iwashita, Ichiro Yasuda, Masanori Nakashima, Keisuke Iwata, Tsuyoshi Mukai, Eiichi Tomita, Hisataka Moriwaki

    
  • ·EUS-guided radioactive seeds implantation of iodine 125 in the retroperitoneal metastatic adenocarcinoma: a case report

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    Zhendong Jin

    
  • ·Application value of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration in pancreatic space-occupying lesion

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    Zhendong Jin

    
  • ·The clinical value of endoscopic ultrasonography in the early diagnosis of pancreatic tumor

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    Zhen-dong Jin, Zhao-shen Li, Dong Wang

    
  • ·Low incidence of and risk factors for immediate complications after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions

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    Kai Xuan Wang

    
  • ·Usefulness of clinical evaluation with endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in ulcerative colitis

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    Hideaki Kawabata, Kenjiro Yasuda, Moose Ueda, Masatsugu Nakajima

    
  • ·EUS-guided biliary drainage combined with duodenal stent deployment is safe and effective for the distal malignant biliary strictures with duodenal stenosis

    Pagina :S247

    Hirofumi Kawamoto

    
  • ·Clinical usefulness of a prototype ultrasound probe for single-balloon enteroscopy

    Pagina :S248

    K. Kobayashi, S. Haruki, K. Yokoyama, M. Sada, M. Kida, K. Saigenji

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound pays dividents in the diagnosis of early autoimmune pancreatitis

    Pagina :S248

    Kensuke Kubota

    
  • ·Is there a difference in diagnostic yield between 22g and 25g needles in endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of solid lesions?

    Pagina :S248

    J. Conway, S. Kundu, G. Mishra, S. Stefanescu

    
  • ·Suction or no suction? Interval results from an ongoing prospective, partially blinded, randomized trial of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided fine needle sampling of solid lesions

    Pagina :S248

    S. Kundu, J. Conway, K. Gilbert, K. Geisinger, G. Mishra

    
  • ·EUS-guided endoscopic pancreatic pseudocyst drainage: short-term and long-term outcome

    Pagina :S249

    Toshio Kurihara

    
  • ·Foregut enteric duplication cysts (EDC) diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): clinical presentation, EUS characteristics and natural history

    Pagina :S249

    Avelyn Kwok, Rupert Leong, D. Brian Jones

    
  • ·157 Pancreatic cysts: how to manage them? A multicenter study

    Pagina :S249

    Jesse Lachter

    
  • ·Evaluation of hilar biliary strictures using a newly developed forward viewing therapeutic echoendoscope: preliminary results of an ongoing experience

    Pagina :S249

    A. Larghi, P.G. Lecca, C. Spada, F. Ardito, E.D. Rossi, G. Fadda, G. Nuzzo, G. Costamagna

    
  • ·Values of endoscopic ultrasound for diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal lesions

    Pagina :S249

    Yu-feng Lei, Bian-ying Liu, Chang-e Yang, Wen-ying Wang, Yan-qing Yao

    
  • ·The role of endoscopic ultrasound in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer

    Pagina :S250

    Jingtao Li

    
  • ·The accuracy and features of endosonography on diagnosis of gastroduodenal carcinoid tumors

    Pagina :S250

    Chun-Jung Lin, Wei-Pin Lin, Yin-Yi Chu, Jau-Min Lien, Cheng-Tang Chiu, Ren-Chin Wu

    
  • ·The application and clinical experience of miniprobe endosonography on colorectal submucosal lesions

    Pagina :S250

    Chun-Jung Lin, Wei-Pin Lin, Sung-Cheng Lee, Tsung-Hsing Chen, Tsung-Nan Lin, Cheng-Tang Chiu

    
  • ·Endosonographic surveillance of gastrointestinal tumour originated from muscularis propria: experiences in a community hospital

    Pagina :S250

    Ka-Ho Lok, Lawrence Lai, Hak-Lim Yiu, Ming-Leung Szeto, Siu-Kee Leung

    
  • ·EUS versus surgical cyst-gastrostomy for management of pancreatic pseudocysts

    Pagina :S250

    Tercio Lopes, John Christein, Shyam Varadarajulu

    
  • ·The diagnostic value of three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasound in esophageal diseases

    Pagina :S251

    Luo-wei Wang, Zhao-shen Li, Duo-wu Zou, Xiao-ping Zou, Xian-bao Zhan, Jie Chen, Zhen-dong Jin

    
  • ·The role of celiac ganglion block guided by endoscopic ultrasonography in celiac cancer pain: a clinical study

    Pagina :S251

    Luowei Wang, Zhendong Jin, Zhaoshen Li, Duowu Zou, Xianbao Zhan, Jie Chen, Renpei Wu

    
  • ·Usefulness of EUS diagnosis for cystic duct carcinoma

    Pagina :S251

    Hiroyuki Maguchi, Akio Katanuma, Manabu Osanai, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Tamaki Ichiya, Akira Kurita, Mituharu Fukazwa, Toshifumi Kin

    
  • ·Usefulness of the ecoendoscopy (USE) in the diagnosis of mediastinal injuries with unknown origin

    Pagina :S251

    V. Martínez Escapa, L. Argüello, V. Pons, I. Conde, I. Ferrer, V. Pertejo, T.y. Sala

    
  • ·Clinical usefulness of the endoscopic ultrasonography for the management of IPMN

    Pagina :S251

    Masami Ogawa

    
  • ·A successful EUS-FNA of the pelvic lymph node through the colon

    Pagina :S252

    Noriaki Matsui, Kazuya Akahoshi, Yasuaki Motomura, Masaru Kubokawa, Naomi Higuchi, Shingo Endoh

    
  • ·Impact of staging EUS–FNA on treatment choice in patients with pancreatic lesions

    Pagina :S252

    Rusmir Mesihovic

    
  • ·GI applications of the endobronchial ultrasound device: a report of 12 patient cases

    Pagina :S252

    Faris M. Murad, Kapil Gupta, Rebecca Li, Shawn Mallery

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for biliary lesions

    Pagina :S252

    Masanori Nakashima, Ichiro Yasuda, Takuji Iwashita

    
  • ·A case of small pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma detected by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)

    Pagina :S252

    Naoko Hyodo

    
  • ·The value of EUS in neoadjuvant chemotherapy of gastric cancer

    Pagina :S252

    Weidong Nian

    
  • ·EUS characteristics of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN): series of 10 consecutive cases

    Pagina :S253

    Hubert Nietsch

    
  • ·Isolated pancreas metastasis of renal cell carcinoma diagnosed by EUS-FNA

    Pagina :S253

    Hubert Nietsch

    
  • ·Clinical usefulness of the endoscopic ultrasonography for the management of IPMN

    Pagina :S253

    Masami Ogawa

    
  • ·Backloaded fiducial placement using a bone wax seal to facilitate EUS-guided fiducial placement

    Pagina :S253

    David J. Owens, Thomas J. Savides

    
  • ·Is EUS a financially viable for community based hospital?

    Pagina :S253

    Rig Patel, Colm O’loughlin, Naveen Narahari, April Leonard, Tracy Handzel, Heather Patterson

    
  • ·A new endoscopic classification system of early-stage esophageal carcinoma and its usefulness in assessing infiltration depth and lymphatic metastasis of esophageal carcinoma

    Pagina :S254

    Guiyong Peng

    
  • ·EUS-assisted endoscopic therapy of submucosal tumors in gastrointestinal tract

    Pagina :S254

    Guiyong Peng

    
  • ·Impact of staging EUS-FNA on treatment choice in patients with pancreatic lesions

    Pagina :S254

    Amila Redzepovic

    
  • ·Microcystic mucinous pancreatic tumours: rare lesions with a malignant potential

    Pagina :S254

    R. Repák, S. Rejchrt, V. Tyová, B. Jon, J. Bureš

    
  • ·EUS-guided fiducial placement prior to targeted radiation therapy in prostate cancer: a case series

    Pagina :S255

    Julie Yang, May Abdel-Wahab, Afonso C. Ribeiro

    
  • ·Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CEH-EUS) using Definity

    Pagina :S255

    Joseph Romagnuolo, Brenda Hoffman, Stacie Vela, Vignesh Shivakumar, Robert Hawes, Aaron Domm, Jon Walker

    
  • ·EUS-guided therapy in gastric varices by glue or coils

    Pagina :S255

    R. Romero-Castro, F. Pellicer-Bautista, F. Marcos-Sanchez, R. Sanz-Solis, A. Martin-Pablos, V. Leria-Yebenes, R. Ruiz-Salmeron, J.M. Herrerias-Gutierrez

    
  • ·Pericardial tumor diagnosed by EUS-FNA

    Pagina :S255

    R. Romero-Castro, J.J. Rios-Martin, P. Gallego-Garciade Vinuesa, A. Castro-Fernandez, J. Marquez-Asin, C. Caparros-Escudero, F. Pellicer-Bautista, J.M. Herrerias-Gutierrez

    
  • ·Role of EUS-FNA in the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis

    Pagina :S256

    Lucio Rossini, Paulo Ayroza, G. Ribeiro, Rogério Colaiacovo, Francisco Rodrigues, Filadelfio Venco, Tsutomu Aoki

    
  • ·Cyst fluid analysis of pancreatic cystic lesions: the role of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)

    Pagina :S256

    Y. Sawai, A. Sawaki, N. Mizuno, K. Hara, T. Takagi, T. Nakamura, M. Tajika, H. Kawai, K. Yamao

    
  • ·Cases report on interventional application of endoscopic ultrasonography

    Pagina :S256

    Wei Shi, Xiaobin Sun, Weidong Xi, Deqiang Yuan, Chunyan Nong

    
  • ·Evaluation of upper gastrointestinal tract protrusion lesions using miniprobe endoscopic ultrasonography in 626 cases

    Pagina :S256

    Wei Shi, Xiaobin Sun, Weidong Xi, Cong Zhao, Chunyan Nong

    
  • ·Is it possible that tumor cells could be disseminated in the abdominal cavity during EUS-FNA examinations for pancreatic tumor?

    Pagina :S257

    Goro Shibukawa

    
  • ·Mathematical method for objective estimation of endoscopic ultrasound images of pancreatic insulinomas

    Pagina :S257

    T. Silina, S. Kondrashin, A. Egorov, S. Golubkov, S. Orlov, L. Gurevich, T. Britvin, N. Latkina

    
  • ·Predictors of malignancy on endoscopic ultrasound and outcome of patients with negative and non-diagnostic fine needle aspiration of suspicious pancreatic lesions

    Pagina :S257

    Bret J. Spier, Eric A. Johnson, Deepak V. Gopal, Terrence Frick, Michael M. Einstein, Siobhan Byrne, Suzanne Selvaggi, Rebecca L. Koscik, Jinn-Ing Liou, Patrick R. Pfau

    
  • ·Pancreatic cysts and malignancy: does size really matter?

    Pagina :S257

    J. Sreenarasimhaiah, S.F. Jazrawi, L.F. Lara, S.J. Tang

    
  • ·The value of liquid-based cytology in the EUS-FNA for pancreatic tumors

    Pagina :S258

    Siyu Sun, Nan Ge, Sheng Wang, Xiang Liu, Qingjie Lu

    
  • ·EUS-FNA is more advantageous than ERCP in tissue sampling for pathological diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

    Pagina :S258

    Tsuneyoshi Ogawa, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Ryo Harada, Naoko Kurihara, Hironari Kato, Ken Hirao, Osamu Mizuno, Etsuji Ishida, Kazuhide Yamamoto

    
  • ·Depth diagnosis of early gastric carcinoma using EUS

    Pagina :S258

    Takafumi Hyodo

    
  • ·Door knocking method: a useful new technique for obtaining adequate sample in EUS-FNA

    Pagina :S258

    Tadayuki Takagi

    
  • ·Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography for preoperative staging of tumors of the ampulla of Vater

    Pagina :S258

    Yukiko Takayama

    
  • ·Endo-sonographic prevalence of early chronic pancreatitis in chronic alcoholics

    Pagina :S259

    Bhagwan S. Thakur, Arvind Namdeo, Shohini Sircar, Gunjan G. Joshi, Somitra Pareek, Ajay K. Jain

    
  • ·EUS-guided drainage of pelvic abscess

    Pagina :S259

    Jessica Trevino, Shyam Varadarajulu

    
  • ·A case of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosed by transcolonic EUS-FNA

    Pagina :S259

    Takayoshi Tsuchiya

    
  • ·EUS-guided transgastric drainage for omental bursa abscess complicating appendicitis with diffuse peritonitis

    Pagina :S259

    Y. Uchiyama, H. Imazu, Y. Kawahara, S. Koyama, A. Kuramochi, S. Tsukinaga, H. Kakutani, H. Tajiri, S. Omar

    
  • ·The concept of bedside EUS: technology on the move

    Pagina :S259

    Shyam Varadarajulu, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, C. Mel Wilcox

    
  • ·Cost effectiveness of EUS-FNA plus EBUS-FNA versus mediastinoscopy for staging of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with abnormal mediastinal nodes by non-invasive imaging

    Pagina :S260

    S. Vela, K. Simpson, M. Vela, G. Silvestri, C. Reed, B. Hoffman

    
  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle injection (EUS-FNI) of nanoliposomes loaded with Curcumin and si-RNA into porcine pancreas

    Pagina :S260

    S. Vela, S. Vignesh, K. Watkins, M. Fraig, J. Romagnuolo, R. Hawes, B. Hoffman

    
  • ·Yield of EUS and clinical factors in clarifying pancreatic head “fullness” reported on cross-sectional imaging

    Pagina :S260

    Jon Walker, Brenda Hoffman, Joseph Romagnuolo

    
  • ·The first four years of endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration for lung cancer in New Zealand

    Pagina :S261

    Russell S. Walmsley, Michael Rogers, Martin Phillips

    
  • ·Our results of EUS-FNA for gastroenterological diseases

    Pagina :S261

    Maya Watanabe

    
  • ·EUS and NOTES: feasibility of EUS assistance in transesophageal mediastinoscopy

    Pagina :S261

    Timothy Woodward

     
  • ·Correlation between hemorrhage and vessel depth of peptic ulcer

    Pagina :S262

    Xiaobin Sun, Wei Shi, Weidong Xi, Cong Zhao

    
  • ·The value of endoscopic ultrasonograghy on diagnosis and treatment of esophageal hamartoma: a case report

    Pagina :S262

    Guo Qiang Xu

    
  • ·The values of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) on diagnosis and follow-up of primary duodenal lymphoma: a case report

    Pagina :S262

    Guo Qiang Xu

    
  • ·Improvement of the EUS biopsy needle (ENDO-SONOPSY) and assessment of its efficacy for obtaining tissue sample adequate for histologic examination

    Pagina :S262

    Taketo Yamaguchi

    
  • ·EUS-guided ethanol injection for treatment of pancreatic cancer

    Pagina :S263

    Xiujiang Yang, Dabin Ren, Su Liu, Weifeng Xie, Jianwei Shen, Hongpei Cai, Yiping Wang

    
  • ·Mediastinal nodal staging in potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective comparison of CT, FDG-PET, and EUS/EUS-FNA

    Pagina :S263

    Ichiro Yasuda, Tatsuo Kato, Fumihiro Asano, Shigeo Yasuda, Kimiyasu Sano, Hisataka Moriwaki

    
  • ·Clinical utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in pancreatic masses using a 25-gauge needle system: a multicenter experience

    Pagina :S263

    Tony E. Yusuf, Adam J. Goodman, Young Lee, Darren A Pavey, Hazar Michael, Frank G. Gress

    
  • ·Efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN) for managing abdominal pain associated with pancreas cancer: a meta-analysis

    Pagina :S263

    Tony E. Yusuf, Sourish Das, Frank G. Gress

     
  • ·Evaluation of the EASIE-R simulator for the training of basic and advanced EUS

    Pagina :S264

    Tony E. Yusuf, Kai Matthes, Young Lee, Adam J. Goodman, David H. Robbins, Stavros Stavropoulos, Frank G. Gress

    
  • ·Is endoscopic ultrasonography mandatory prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients at high risk of choledocholithiasis?

    Pagina :S264

    Rayadh A. Zaydan, Osama T. Muslim

    
  • ·Digital imaging processing and classification based on support vector machine of EUS images differentiate pancreatic cancer from normal tissue accurately: a pilot study

    Pagina :S264

    MinMin Zhang, ZhenDong Jin, JianGuo Yu, ZheYuan Cai, ZhaoShen Li

    
  • ·Study on contrast enhanced EUS in differential diagnosis of pancreatic tumor

    Pagina :S265

    Qi Zhu

    
  • ·Preliminary study on EUS guided oncolytic adenovirus implantation in patients of non-operative pancreatic cancer

    Pagina :S265

    Qi Zhu

    
  • ·The performance of linear EUS, fluid visual viscosity assessment, fluid cytology and fluid tumour markers in the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions in a single tertiary referral centre

    Pagina :S265

    K. Oppong, K. Elamin, M. Nayar, P. Matthews, S. Ramakrishnan, P. Matthews, D. Manas, B. Jaques, S. White, R. Charnley

    
  • ·Radial EUS versus linear EUS in evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer staging: a prospective double blind trial

    Pagina :S265

    Laith H. Jamil, Kanwar R.S. Gill, Seth Gross, Julia Crook, Timothy Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, Michael B. Wallace

    
  • ·Radial versus linear EUS in evaluation of suspected pancreatic cancer: is it sufficient to use linear eus alone?

    Pagina :S266

    Laith H. Jamil, Kanwar R.S. Gill, Seth Gross, Julia Crook, Massimo Raimondo, Timothy Woodward, Michael B Wallace

    
  • ·Restaging and assessment of resectability of locally advanced pancreatic cancer by EUS after neoadjuvant therapy

    Pagina :S266

    Jon Walker, Uzair Chaudhary, Nestor Esnaola, Joseph Romagnuolo, Robert Hawes, Brenda Hoffman