None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Medical Device, Procedure/Surgery : EUS-FNA group: tissue sampling was performed with a 22-gauge conventional needle (Echotip
Wilson-Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA). If the initial three passes failed to retrieve an adequate specimen, patients were crossed over to undergo up to three passes with the alterna
Sponsors
Kyungpook National University Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: solid mass lesions within the wall of or adjacent to gastrointestinal tract those were revealed by CT or MRI
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: mass lesion was not seen at endoscopic ultrasound mass with a cystic component of over 25% coagulopathy (international normalized ratio of prothrombin time (PT INR) > 1.5 or platelet count < 80,000/mm3)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The area of efficient core tissue | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| median number of passes required to obtain core specimen;diagnostic accuracy;complication rates | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactBan Seok Lee
Kyungpook National University Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed