title: EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part IV - EUS-guided interventions: General Aspects and EUS-guided Sampling (Short 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 (short version; the long version is published online).
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: Departement 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