Usefulness of a target sample check illuminator in the detection of target specimens in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy samples: Multicenter prospective study.
Kazuya MatsumotoKazuo HaraIchiro YasudaTakao ItoiHiroki KurumiShimpei MatsumotoShinpei DoiMitsuyoshi HonjoYohei TakedaJin ShibuyaHisashi NomaHajime IsomotoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)
The TSCI improved the sensitivity, NPV, and accuracy of target sample confirmation for pancreatic mass EUS-FNB. Although the proportion of samples not including a target region was quite low, which could strongly influence our results, the TSCI method can be used in EUS-FNB when rapid on-site evaluation cannot be performed. (A multicenter prospective study for the utility of a target sample check illuminator, Clinical Trial ID: UMIN000023349).