Wet-suction versus slow-pull technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy...

Wet-suction versus slow-pull technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy: a multicenter, randomized, crossover trial by Stefano Francesco Crinò, Maria Cristina Conti Bellocchi, Roberto Di Mitri et al. Summary: This randomized crossover study of 210 individuals with pancreatic and nonpancreatic lesions compared wet-suction versus stylet slow-pull techniques for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy with a Franseen or fork-tip needle. Tissue cores, defined as intact tissue of ≥ 550 μm in length, were obtained more frequently with the wet-suction technique (71.4% vs. 61.4 %; P=0.03). Diagnostic accuracy was similarly high, regardless of sampling technique. Bibliography Endoscopy 2023; 55: 225–234 DOI 10.1055/a-1915-1812 ISSN 0013-726X © 2022. Thieme. All rights reserved. Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany Find out more here: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1915-1812