title: EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part IV - EUS-guided Interventions: General aspects and EUS-guided sampling (Long Version).
abstract: The fourth part of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound describes general aspects of endoscopic ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and assesses the evidence for endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling. Endoscopic ultrasound combines the most advanced high-resolution ultrasound imaging of lesions within the wall and in the vicinity of the gastrointestinal tract and safe and effective fine needle based tissue acquisition from these lesions. The guideline addresses the indications, contraindications, techniques, adverse events, training and clinical impact of EUS-guided sampling. Advantages and drawbacks are weighed in comparison with image-guided percutaneous biopsy. Based on the most current evidence, clinical practice recommendations are given for crucial preconditions and steps of EUS-guided sampling as well as for safe performance. Additionally, the guideline deals with the principles and reliability of cytopathological reporting in endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling (long version).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jenssen
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 2, Helios Hospital Meiningen GmbH, Meiningen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocke
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University of Bologna/Hospital of Imola, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fusaroli
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Gilja
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Ospedale Maggiore Crema, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buscarini
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Havre
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ignee
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania and Department of Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saftoiu
authors.affiliation: GastroUnit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vilmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, Sana Kliniken, Luebeck, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burmester
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Nolsøe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Brandenburg University of Medicine Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nürnberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, GB Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Onofrio
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscaglia
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005060:Europe; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012955:Societies, Medical; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods