Open AccessAn automated spring-loaded needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis in cancer patients
Author(s) -
Rei Suzuki,
Atsushi Irisawa,
Manoop S. Bhutani,
Takuto Hikichi,
Tadayuki Takagi,
Goro Shibukawa,
Ai Sato,
Masaki Satō,
Tsunehiko Ikeda,
Ko Watanabe,
Jun Nakamura,
Srinadh Annangi,
Kazuhiro Tasaki,
Katsutoshi Obara,
Hiromasa Ohira
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.