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Diagnostic Fine-Needle Biopsy of Small Solid Pancreatic Lesions Using a Franseen Needle during Endoscopic Ultrasound Examination

  • Kosuke Takahashi,
  • Ichiro Yasuda,
  • Tatsuyuki Hanaoka,
  • Yuka Hayashi,
  • Yasuhiro Araki,
  • Iori Motoo,
  • Shinya Kajiura,
  • Takayuki Ando,
  • Haruka Fujinami and
  • Terumi Takahara
  • + 2 authors
Diagnostics2021, 11(1), 27;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010027

25 December 2020

Background and aim: During endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNB), Franseen needles can help collect sufficient tissue to permit histopathological assessment. However, its efficacy might be limited by the size of the tar...

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19-Gauge Versus 22-Gauge Franseen Needles, Comparison of the Histological Diagnostic Capability of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy for Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Shota Iwata,
  • Takuji Iwashita,
  • Yosuke Ohashi,
  • Akihiko Senju,
  • Ryuichi Tezuka,
  • Shinya Uemura,
  • Kensaku Yoshida,
  • Akinori Maruta,
  • Yuhei Iwasa and
  • Masahito Shimizu
  • + 3 authors
Diagnostics2025, 15(12), 1496;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15121496

12 June 2025

Background/Objectives: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is a useful procedure for obtaining histological specimens. However, its utility in diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) has not yet been well studied. This study ai...

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Comparison of 22G Fork-Tip and Franseen Needles and Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions

  • Yasunobu Yamashita,
  • Reiko Ashida,
  • Hirofumi Yamazaki,
  • Yuki Kawaji,
  • Toshio Shimokawa,
  • Takashi Tamura,
  • Keiichi Hatamaru,
  • Masahiro Itonaga and
  • Masayuki Kitano
Diagnostics2022, 12(12), 3122;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123122

11 December 2022

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) is less accurate in obtaining samples from gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions (SELs) ≤2 cm than from pancreatic cancers. The present study compared the usefulness of 22G Fork-tip a...

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Comparison of Histological Sample Volumes among Various Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Needles

  • Kosuke Takahashi,
  • Ichiro Yasuda,
  • Tatsuyuki Hanaoka,
  • Yuka Hayashi,
  • Iori Motoo,
  • Shinya Kajiura,
  • Takayuki Ando,
  • Haruka Fujinami,
  • Kazuto Tajiri and
  • Kazuhiko Nakao
  • + 4 authors
J. Clin. Med.2021, 10(16), 3560;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163560

13 August 2021

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) enables easy and accurate pathological assessment. Here, we compared and assessed the area of samples on glass slides for three needle types: a 19-gauge Franseen needle (Acquire, Boston Scient...

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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy Using 22G Franseen Needles without Rapid On-Site Evaluation for Diagnosis of Intraabdominal Masses

  • Nonthalee Pausawasdi,
  • Kunsuda Cheirsilpa,
  • Wipapat Chalermwai,
  • Ishan Asokan,
  • Tassanee Sriprayoon and
  • Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya
J. Clin. Med.2022, 11(4), 1051;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041051

17 February 2022

Background: The impact of rapid on-site cytologic evaluation (ROSE) on endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is widely debated. This study aims to assess the diagnostic performance of EUS-FNB in the absence of ROSE in abdominal ma...

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Franseen Needles May Be Promising for Improving the Sampling Adequacy of EUS-FNA for Subepithelial Lesions

  • Noriki Kasuga,
  • Yusuke Kurita,
  • Emiko Tanida,
  • Shin Yagi,
  • Ko Suzuki,
  • Sho Hasegawa,
  • Takamitsu Sato,
  • Kunihiro Hosono,
  • Shingo Kato and
  • Atsushi Nakajima
  • + 4 authors
Diagnostics2022, 12(7), 1667;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071667

9 July 2022

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is useful in diagnosing subepithelial lesions (SELs), and adequate tissue sampling is necessary to differentiate between benign and malignant diseases to determine therapeutic strategies....

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Real-Life Comparison of Diagnostic Yield and Sample Adequacy of 22 G and 25 G EBUS-TBNB Needles: A Retrospective Study

  • Filippo Lanfranchi,
  • George Kalak,
  • Gioele Castelli,
  • Laura Mancino,
  • Gabriele Foltran,
  • Alberto Pavan,
  • Lorenzo Ciarrocchi,
  • Licia Laurino and
  • Lucio Michieletto
J. Clin. Med.2025, 14(5), 1637;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051637

28 February 2025

Background/Objectives: EBUS-TBNA is a safe and minimally invasive procedure to evaluate hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs). The Franseen needle provides a transbronchial needle biopsy (TBNB). Various needle sizes are available. In the literature...

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Diagnostic Ability of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition Using 19-Gauge Fine-Needle Biopsy Needle for Abdominal Lesions

  • Kotaro Takeshita,
  • Susumu Hijioka,
  • Yoshikuni Nagashio,
  • Yuta Maruki,
  • Yuki Kawasaki,
  • Kosuke Maehara,
  • Yumi Murashima,
  • Mao Okada,
  • Go Ikeda and
  • Takuji Okusaka
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Diagnostics2023, 13(3), 450;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13030450

26 January 2023

Attempts at performing endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) with a 19G needle are increasing because histological diagnosis and comprehensive genomic profiling are a necessity. However, the diagnostic ability of the 19G fine-needl...

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Comparison of Adverse Events of Different Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition Methods: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis

  • Yen-Chih Lin,
  • Hsu-Heng Yen,
  • Siou-Ping Huang,
  • Kai-Lun Shih and
  • Yang-Yuan Chen
Diagnostics2022, 12(9), 2123;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092123

1 September 2022

The efficacy of new generation endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy needles has been promising in recent years. Yet, comparing these needles’ diagnostic yield and safety to conventional needles is not well-known. Our study aims to compare the ad...

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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy versus Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions: Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison

  • Marcel Gheorghiu,
  • Andrada Seicean,
  • Sorana D. Bolboacă,
  • Ioana Rusu,
  • Radu Seicean,
  • Cristina Pojoga,
  • Ofelia Moșteanu and
  • Zeno Sparchez
Diagnostics2022, 12(9), 2214;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092214

13 September 2022

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) or fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) from focal liver lesions are indicated in selected cases, but there has been no previous comparison of needle types of the same size. The aim of our study w...

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Development of a Novel Evaluation Method for Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy in Pancreatic Diseases Using Artificial Intelligence

  • Takuya Ishikawa,
  • Masato Hayakawa,
  • Hirotaka Suzuki,
  • Eizaburo Ohno,
  • Yasuyuki Mizutani,
  • Tadashi Iida,
  • Mitsuhiro Fujishiro,
  • Hiroki Kawashima and
  • Kazuhiro Hotta
Diagnostics2022, 12(2), 434;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12020434

8 February 2022

We aimed to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based method for evaluating endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) specimens in pancreatic diseases using deep learning and contrastive learning. We analysed a total of 173 spe...

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RNA Extraction from Endoscopic Ultrasound-Acquired Tissue of Pancreatic Cancer Is Feasible and Allows Investigation of Molecular Features

  • Livia Archibugi,
  • Veronica Ruta,
  • Valentina Panzeri,
  • Miriam Redegalli,
  • Sabrina Gloria Giulia Testoni,
  • Maria Chiara Petrone,
  • Gemma Rossi,
  • Massimo Falconi,
  • Michele Reni and
  • Gabriele Capurso
  • + 3 authors
Cells2020, 9(12), 2561;https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9122561

30 November 2020

Transcriptome analyses allow the distinguishing of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) subtypes, exhibiting different prognoses and chemotherapy responses. However, RNA extraction from pancreatic tissue is cumbersome and has been performed mainly...

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Impact of Macroscopic On-Site Evaluation (MOSE) on Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy (EUS-FNB) of Pancreatic and Extrapancreatic Solid Lesions: A Prospective Study

  • Silvia Gaia,
  • Stefano Rizza,
  • Mauro Bruno,
  • Davide Giuseppe Ribaldone,
  • Francesca Maletta,
  • Marco Sacco,
  • Donatella Pacchioni,
  • Felice Rizzi,
  • Giorgio Maria Saracco and
  • Claudio Giovanni De Angelis
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Diagnostics2022, 12(2), 428;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12020428

7 February 2022

This is a prospective and comparative study including 76 consecutive patients performing EUS-FNB for pancreatic and extrapancreatic solid lesions, randomized by alternate allocation to macroscopic on-site evaluation (MOSE) (40 patients) or to a conve...

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