Endoscopic Ultrasound, Where Are We Now in 2012?
Clinical Endoscopy
;
: 321-323, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-21158
ABSTRACT
Topics related with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) made up considerable portion among many invited lectures presented in International Digestive Endoscopy Network 2012 meeting. While the scientific programs were divided into the fields of upper gastrointestinal (UGI), lower gastrointestinal, and pancreato-biliary (PB) categories, UGI and PB parts mainly dealt with EUS related issues. EUS diagnosis in subepithelial lesions, estimation of the invasion depth of early gastrointestinal cancers with EUS, and usefulness of EUS in esophageal varices were discussed in UGI sessions. In the PB part, pancreatic cystic lesions, EUS-guided biliopancreatic drainage, EUS-guided tissue acquisition, and improvement of diagnostic yield in indeterminate biliary lesions by using intraductal ultrasound were discussed. Advanced techniques such as contrast-enhanced EUS, EUS elastography and forward-viewing echoendoscopy were also discussed. In this paper, I focused mainly on topics of UGI and briefly mentioned about advanced EUS techniques since more EUS related papers by other invited speakers were presented afterwards.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pancreatic Cyst
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Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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Drainage
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Endosonography
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Lecture
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Endoscopy
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Elasticity Imaging Techniques
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Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical Endoscopy
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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