IS THE NEW PROCORE 20G DOUBLE FORWARD-BEVEL NEEDLE CAPABLE TO OBTAIN BETTER HISTOLOGICAL SAMPLES BY ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND FOR DIAGNOSING SOLID PANCREATIC LESIONS?
Jose Celso ArdenghVítor Ottoboni BrunaldiMariangela Ottoboni BrunaldiAlberto Facuri GasparJorge Resende Lopes-JÚniorAjith Kumar SankarankuttyRafael KempJosé Sebastião Dos SantosPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2021)
The samples obtained with the ProCore 20G FNB showed better histological parameters; although there was no difference in the diagnostic performance between the two needles, these findings may improve pathologist performance.