Diagnostic ability of magnification endoscope with narrow-band imaging in screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Masaki TakinamiNoboru KawataAkifumi NotsuKohei TakizawaNaomi KakushimaMasao YoshidaYohei YabuuchiYoshihiro KishidaSayo ItoKenichiro ImaiKinichi HottaHirotoshi IshiwatariHiroyuki MatsubayashiHiroyuki OnoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2021)
Using an ME for screening EGD in an apparently healthy, asymptomatic population could reduce unnecessary biopsies by improving PPV for biopsy without decreasing the epithelial neoplasm detection rate.