Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 546390, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/546390
Clinical Study

A Prospective Comparison of EUS-Guided FNA Using 25-Gauge and 22-Gauge Needles

Hiroo Imazu,1 Yujiro Uchiyama,1 Hiroshi Kakutani,1 kei-ichi Ikeda,1 Kazuki Sumiyama,1 Mitsuru Kaise,1 Salem Omar,2 Tiing Leong Ang,3 and Hisao Tajiri4

1Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
2Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
3Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 529889, Singapore
4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan

Received 14 July 2009; Accepted 2 September 2009

Academic Editor: Everson Artifon

Copyright © 2009 Hiroo Imazu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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