Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	4886
Country	Japan

Received	2013-07-30 10:49
Peer-Review Started	2013-07-30 21:11
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2013-12-05 09:13
Revised	2013-12-18 03:36
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2014-01-13 08:47
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2014-01-13 08:52
Articles in Press
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-01-18 04:22
Typeset the Manuscript	2014-02-14 10:18
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-02-20 15:55

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	An automated spring-loaded needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis in cancer patients
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
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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

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