Open AccessAn automated spring-loaded needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis in cancer patients
Author(s) -
Rei Suzuki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v6.i2.55
Subject(s) - medicine , paracentesis , ascites , percutaneous , ascitic fluid , abdominal fluid , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , cytology , ultrasound , surgery , pathology
To evaluate the feasibility of using an automated spring-loaded needle device for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided abdominal paracentesis (EUS-P) to see if this would make it easier to puncture the mobile and lax gastric wall for EUS-P.
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