Randomized trial comparing 15 vs 5 actuations per pass during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for specimen acquisition of solid pancreatic lesions.
Kunio KataokaTakuya IshikawaEizaburo OhnoKentaro YamaoYasuyuki MizutaniTadashi IidaKatsuyuki KatoFumie KinoshitaTakeshi YamamuraKazuhiro FurukawaMasanao NakamuraHiroki KawashimaPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2023)
The noninferiority of five actuations in the accuracy of the histological diagnosis was not confirmed, and 15 actuations are preferred during EUS-FNB for solid pancreatic lesions.