Cholangioscopy- versus fluoroscopy-guided transpapillary mapping biopsy for preoperative evaluation of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a prospective randomized crossover study.

Takahisa OgawaYoshihide KannoShinsuke KoshitaKaori MasuHiroaki KusunoseToshitaka SakaiKeisuke YonamineKazuaki MiyamotoToji MurabayashiFumisato KozakaiKazuki EndoYutaka NodaKei Ito

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2020)

The rate of site-based successful biopsies using CMB was significantly higher than that using FMB when evaluated using specimens obtained from several biopsy strokes.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
high resolution
patients undergoing
high density
mass spectrometry
catheter ablation