| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Autobiography |
| Article Title |
An automated spring-loaded needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis in cancer patients
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Rei Suzuki, Atsushi Irisawa, Manoop S Bhutani, Takuto Hikichi, Tadayuki Takagi, Goro Shibukawa, Ai Sato, Masaki Sato, Tsunehiko Ikeda, Ko Watanabe, Jun Nakamura, Srinadh Annangi, Kazuhiro Tasaki, Katsutoshi Obara and Hiromasa Ohira |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
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| Corresponding Author |
Atsushi Irisawa, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center, 21-2, Maeda, Yazawa, Aizuwakamatsu 969-3492, Japan. irisawa@fmu.ac.jp |
| Key Words |
Ascetic fluid; Malignancy; Endoscopic ultrasound; Paracentesis; Fine needle aspiration |
| Core Tip |
Even in patients with a minute amount of ascitic fluid, an automated spring-loaded needle device enabled us to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided abdominal paracentesis (EUS-P) readily, which has the potential to play an important role for staging of cancer since the establishment of malignant ascites denotes a more advanced stage of cancer. |
| Publish Date |
2014-02-20 15:55 |
| Citation |
Suzuki R, Irisawa A, Bhutani MS, Hikichi T, Takagi T, Shibukawa G, Sato A, Sato M, Ikeda T, Watanabe K, Nakamura J, Annangi S, Tasaki K, Obara K, Ohira H. An automated spring-loaded needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis in cancer patients. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 6(2): 55-59 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v6/i2/55.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v6.i2.55 |
