Submucosal Saline Injection Followed by Endoscopic Ultrasound versus Endoscopic Ultrasound Only for Distinguishing between T1a and T1b Esophageal Cancer.

Long-Jun HeChuanbo XieZi-Xian WangYin LiYi-Tai XiaoXiao-Yan GaoHong-Bo ShanLin-Na LuoLi-Ming ChenGuang-Yu LuoPing YangShuo-Chun ZengGuo-Liang XuJian-Jun Li

Published in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)

SSI significantly improves the diagnostic accuracy of EUS in distinguishing between T1a and T1b ESCC, which might help avoid unnecessary esophagectomy and diagnostic ER.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
magnetic resonance imaging
surgical site infection
computed tomography
contrast enhanced ultrasound