EUS-Guided Tissue Acquisition, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

Description

This issue should serve as a primer to endoscopists who are seeking state-of-the-art clinical guidance on endoscopic ultrasound tissue acquisition. Authors address the changing paradigm in EUS-guided tissue acquisition and when does the oncologist require core tissue? Articles offer a comprehensive look at the core topics, including definitions in tissue acquisition, selection of FNA needles, and techniques for EUS-guides FNA and FNB. Expert authors also give their recommendations for overcoming technical challenges in EUS-guided tissue acquisition and what the pitfalls are. Readers will have a full understanding of EUS-guided tissue acquisition as well as the future directions.

Author Information

By Shyam Varadarajulu, MD, President of Digestive Health Institute at Orlando Health and Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida. and Robert H. Hawes, MD, Medical Director, Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Research and Education, Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute and Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Central Florida.