Minimizing Complications of Endoscopic Ultrasound and EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration

Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: Diagnostic accuracy and complication assessment

1997 • 1,117 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy: a large single centre experience

1999 • 624 citations

Complications of percutaneous abdominal fine-needle biopsy. Review.

1991 • 581 citations

The clinical utility of endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosisand staging of pancreatic carcinoma

1997 • 572 citations

Lower frequency of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA vs. percutaneous FNA

2003 • 419 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy using linear array and radial scanning endosonography

1997 • 396 citations

Value of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses

2000 • 376 citations

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Celiac Plexus Block for Managing Abdominal Pain Associated With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Prospective Single Center Experience

2001 • 321 citations

Frequency of major complications after EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a prospective evaluation

2006 • 319 citations

Implications of peritoneal cytology for staging of early pancreatic cancer

1991 • 317 citations

A prospective study of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis for pancreatic cancer pain

2001 • 281 citations

Preliminary experience with an EUS-guided trucut biopsy needle compared with EUS-guided FNA

2003 • 255 citations

Comparison of EUS-Guided 19-Gauge Trucut Needle Biopsy With EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration

2004 • 246 citations

A first report of tumor seeding because of EUS-guided FNA of a pancreatic adenocarcinoma

2005 • 244 citations

ASGE guideline: complications of EUS

2005 • 233 citations

EUS-guided fine needle aspiration of pancreatic cysts: A retrospective analysis of complications and their predictors

2005 • 210 citations

Bacteremia with gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures

1986 • 194 citations

High-grade malignant stricture is predictive of esophageal tumor stage risks of endosonographic evaluation

1993 • 192 citations

EUS-guided fine needle aspiration of the liver: Indications, yield, and safety based on an international survey of 167 cases

2002 • 190 citations

EUS-guided trucut needle biopsies in patients with solid pancreatic masses: a prospective study

2004 • 184 citations

Incidence of Major Complications of Neurolytic Coeliac Plexus Block

1993 • 175 citations

Acute pancreatitis after EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a pooled analysis from EUS centers in the United States

2004 • 160 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided tissue sampling by combined fine needle aspiration and trucut needle biopsy: a prospective study

2006 • 155 citations

EUS-guided Trucut biopsy

2005 • 149 citations

EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration of the pancreas: Evaluation of pancreatitis as a complication

2002 • 141 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of solid liver lesions: a large single-center experience

2003 • 139 citations

A prospective evaluation of the incidence of bacteremia associated with EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration

2001 • 128 citations

Acute extraluminal hemorrhage associated with EUS-guided fine needle aspiration: Frequency and clinical significance

2001 • 126 citations

Diagnosis of Benign Cysts of the Mediastinum

2003 • 124 citations

Dilation of malignant esophageal stenosis to allow EUS guided fine-needle aspiration: safety and effect on patient management

2000 • 124 citations

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Liver Lesions: Histological and Cytological Assessment

2003 • 123 citations

Melanoma seeding of an EUS-guided fine needle track

2004 • 123 citations

Frequency and significance of acute intracystic hemorrhage during EUS-FNA of cystic lesions of the pancreas

2004 • 121 citations

Detection of occult liver metastases during EUS for staging of malignancies

2004 • 118 citations

EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis and celiac plexus block

2003 • 116 citations

Prospective risk assessment of bacteremia and other infectious complications in patients undergoing EUS-guided FNA

2003 • 112 citations

Puncture of Solid Pancreatic Tumors Guided by Endoscopic Ultrasonography: A Pilot Study Series Comparing Trucut and 19-Gauge and 22-Gauge Aspiration Needles

2005 • 109 citations

Esophageal Dilation for Endosonographic Evaluation of Malignant Esophageal Strictures Is Safe and Effective

2000 • 107 citations

Frequency of bacteremia after linear EUS of the upper GI tract with and without FNA

2004 • 106 citations

Malignant esophageal strictures: Staging accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography

1995 • 103 citations

EUS-guided FNA of centrally located lung tumours following a non-diagnostic bronchoscopy

2005 • 100 citations

Bacteremia After Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

1977 • 100 citations

Mediastinitis Caused by EUS-FNA of a Bronchogenic Cyst

2003 • 100 citations

Prospective Evaluation of Patient Tolerability, Satisfaction with Patient Information, and Complications in Endoscopic Ultrasonography

2005 • 99 citations

Cervical esophageal perforation during EUS: A national survey

2001 • 98 citations

Endoscopic Ultrasound–Guided Trucut Biopsy of the Cyst Wall for Diagnosing Cystic Pancreatic Tumors

2005 • 89 citations

Early Morbidity of Endoscopic Ultrasound: 13 Years’ Experience at a Referral Center

2006 • 88 citations

EUS-guided Trucut biopsy of suspected nonfocal chronic pancreatitis

2005 • 85 citations

EUS-guided FNA of lung masses adjacent to or abutting the esophagus after unrevealing CT-guided biopsy or bronchoscopy

2004 • 84 citations

Prospective study of a Trucut needle for performing EUS-guided biopsy with EUS-guided FNA rescue

2005 • 77 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder bile aspiration in idiopathic pancreatitis carries a significant risk of bile peritonitis

2002 • 77 citations

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Pancreatic Duct Aspiration: Diagnostic Yield and Safety

2002 • 76 citations

The utility and the safety of EUS-guided FNA in the evaluation of duplication cysts

2005 • 75 citations

Endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine needle aspiration cytology of solid liver lesions: a large single-center experience

2003 • 71 citations

Endoscopic Ultrasound–Guided Biopsy for The Diagnosis of Focal Lesions of The Spleen

2003 • 64 citations

Iatrogenic Candidal Infection of a Mediastinal Foregut Cyst Following Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration

2002 • 58 citations

Colonoscopy and bacteraemia.

1977 • 44 citations

Transgastric Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Flow Cytometry of Suspected Lymphoma of the Spleen

2006 • 43 citations

Diagnosis of Benign Cysts of the Mediastinum*1The Role and Risks of EUS and FNA

2003 • 30 citations

Bile peritonitis after EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration

2002 • 28 citations

EUS-guided Trucut mural biopsies in the investigation of unexplained thickening of the esophagogastric wall

2005 • 23 citations

Mediastinitis after EUS-guided FNA biopsy of a posterior mediastinal metastatic teratoma

2005 • 22 citations

Bacteremia after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

1977 • 22 citations

EUS-guided FNA for the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer

2006 • 20 citations

Massive pneumoperitoneum after EUS-FNA aspiration of the pancreas

2006 • 9 citations

Prospective Determination of Bacteremia and Associated Complications in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS FNA) of Rectal and Perirectal Lesions

2006 • 1 citations