Wet-suction versus slow-pull technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy: a multicenter, randomized, crossover trial.
Stefano Francesco CrinòMaria Cristina Conti BellocchiRoberto Di MitriFrediano InzaniMihai RimbașAndrea LisottiGuido ManfrediAnthony Yuen Bun TeohBenedetto MangiavillanoOriol SendinoLaura BernardoniErminia ManfrinDaniela ScimecaElettra UntiAngela CarlinoTheodor VoiosuR Bogdan MateescuPietro FusaroliStefania LegaElisabetta BuscariniLorena PergolaShannon Melissa ChanLaura LamonacaÀngels GinèsGloria Fernández-EsparrachAntonio FacciorussoAlberto LarghiPublished in: Endoscopy (2022)
Overall, the wet-suction technique in EUS-FNB resulted in a higher tissue core procurement rate compared with the slow-pull method. Diagnostic accuracy and the rate of samples with adequate tumor fraction were similar between the two techniques.