Effectiveness of Menghini-Type Needles for Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Pancreatic Masses
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Effectiveness of Menghini‑Type Needles for Endoscopic Ultrasound‑Guided Fine‑Needle Aspiration of Pancreatic Masses Sho Mizukawa1 · Hironari Kato1 · Kazuyuki Matsumoto1 · Shinichiro Muro1 · Yutaka Akimoto1 · Daisuke Uchida1 · Takeshi Tomoda1 · Naoki Yamamoto1 · Shigeru Horiguchi1 · Koichiro Tsutsumi1 · Hirofumi Inoue2 · Noriyuki Tanaka2 · Hiroyuki Okada1 Received: 4 April 2020 / Accepted: 16 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Background Cutting needles are thought to be effective as biopsy needles. A few types of cutting needles are available for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA), and the Menghini-type needle is an end-type cutting needle. Aims A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the results of EUS-FNA using a Menghini-type needle (needle M) versus a conventional needle (needle S). Methods The main eligibility criteria were as follows: patients with a pancreatic mass referred for EUS-FNA, ≥ 20 years old, and a performance status
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