Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology (대한기관식도과학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 2
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- Pages.17-21
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- 2008
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- 1226-0916(pISSN)
Updates in endoscopic ultrasonography
초음파 내시경의 최신 지견
- Kim, Sang-Gyun (Department of Internal medicine and Liver Reasearch Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
- 김상균 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실, 간연구소)
- Published : 2008.12.30
Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has been developed for the diagnosis of various gastrointestinal diseases or extra-gastrointestinal diseases, and extended to interventional approach. In fields of mediastinal diseases, EUS is an effective diagnostic method for the staging of esophageal cancer, lung cancer and other mediastinal diseases. Recently, EUS guided fine needle aspiration or biopsy makes the histologic diagnosis possible in various mediastinal diseases, and would reserve many avoidable surgical cases.
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