Clinical Gastroenterology Vol.20 No.11(1)

Theme Present Status and Future Aspects of EUS
Title Selection of Instruments for Endoscopic Ultrasonography
Publish Date 2005/10
Author Kiyohito Tanaka Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Masami Ogawa Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Munehiro Sakata Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Koji Uno Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Eisai Cho Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Kenjiro Yasuda Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
Author Masatsugu Nakajima Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
[ Summary ] In recently years, various type of echoendoscopes and mini probes have been developed. The fields of endoscopical ultrasonography have expanded to include therapeutic procedures, not only for diagnostic studies. We should be well versed in the use of endosonographic instruments and make full use of the latest endosonographic technology in the fields of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
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