Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role and impact of EUS in the management of critically ill patients. Methods. We retrospectively identified all patients at our institution over a 68-month period in whom bedside inpatient EUS was performed. EUS was considered to have a significant impact if a new diagnosis was established and/or the findings altered subsequent clinical mana...

Background/Aims: The differential diagnosis of pancreatic solid lesions still remains challenging. Recently, contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CE-EUS) has been developed. The aim of this study is to investigate the accuracy of CEEUS in differentiating pancreatic cancer from benign pancreatic lesions by visualizing pancreatic microvasculature. Method: We prospectively evaluated 1...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Despite the common use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for various gastrointestinal diseases in Asia, little is known about Asian endoscopists' attitudes toward the practice. The aim of our study was to provide a profile of Korean endoscopists' attitudes toward EUS use. MATERIALS AND METHODS Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to endoscopists who attended the 4th ...

5 American Heart Association Updates CPR Guidelines A Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was originally developed to detect pancreatic tumors in the earliest, most treatable stages. Today, EUS remains the primary method for evaluating and staging pancreatic cancer and has emerged as a valuable tool for assessing people at high risk for the disease. In the past few years, however, the role of EUS has e...

Conventional endoscopic ultrasound „ Linear versus radial systems Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with f lexible endoscopes is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool, especially for the local staging of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, the differentiation between benign and malignant tumors, and interventional procedures, such as biopsies and stent applications. Flexible endoscopy was primarily...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of pancreatic lesions is being increasingly used. Our aim was to determine the safety, accuracy, and clinical utility of EUS-guided FNA in both the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. METHODS Forty-four patients (24 men/20 women) had EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic lesions (39 head/neck, 5 body, 3 tail) and/or ass...

The field of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is growing rapidly. Although EUS has enhanced our ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of GI conditions, there are many controversial issues regarding the appropriate application of EUS techniques. In this review we discuss five controversial topics in EUS: the utility of EUS in staging of esophageal and gastric cancer;...

AIMS To evaluate a) new diagnoses by endoscopic ultrasound guided real-time fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) compared with EUS alone; b) the predictive factors for an accurate EUS-FNA diagnosis, and c) the cost-effectiveness of the presence of an on-site cytopathologist. PATIENTS AND METHODS Demographic data, ultrasonographic characteristics, technical information on EUS-FNA and cytological r...

INTRODUCTION Submucosal tumors (SMT) are not uncommonly found during upper endoscopy. Management for small SMT originating from muscularis propria (MP) is controversial. Data regarding regular endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) surveillance is scarce. We report our experience in using EUS to monitor these tumors. METHODS Patients with SMT originated from MP as confirmed by EUS were recruited. The ma...

patients with autoimmune pancreatitis show typical signs of hypervascularization in contrast-enhanced high mechanical index endoscopic ultrasound (CEHMI EUS) [1]. Contrast-enhanced low mechanical index endoscopic ultrasound (CELMI EUS) is a newly developed technique that should show a different contrast-enhancing effect. To explore the effect of CEHMI EUS (picture acquisition●" Fig. 1a and 1b) ...