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Efficacy and safety of cold forceps biopsy for diminutive pharyngeal neoplasms: Single-center, prospective pilot study.

Yuichi ShimodateJunya ItakuraTomohiko SunamiMasayuki UenoSho IshikawaDaichi HiraHiroshi TakayamaTomoki SumiyaMasahiko SueRio TakezawaAkira DoiNaoyuki NishimuraHirokazu MouriKazuhiro MatsuedaHiroshi YamamotoMotowo Mizuno
Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)
Cold forceps biopsy with jumbo biopsy forceps appears to be a safe and effective technique for excising diminutive pharyngeal neoplasms. Although small, the excised lesions may have a remarkably high frequency of high-grade dysplasia. (Clinical trial registration number: UMIN000037980).
Keyphrases
  • high frequency
  • high grade
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • clinical trial
  • transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • low grade
  • open label
  • study protocol
  • phase ii
  • double blind