Dilation of malignant esophageal stenosis to allow EUS guided fine-needle aspiration: safety and effect on patient management

Fockens, 1998, The prognosis of esophageal carcinoma staged irresectable (T4) by endosonography, J Am Coll Surg, 186, 17, 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00131-2 Chak, 1995, Prognosis of esophageal cancers preoperatively staged to be locally invasive (T4) by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): a multicenter retrospective cohort study, Gastrointest Endosc, 42, 501, 10.1016/S0016-5107(95)70001-3 Rice, 1997, Precise clinical staging allows treatment modification of patients with esophageal carcinoma, Oncology (Huntingt), 11, 58 Van Dam, 1997, Endosonographic evaluation of the patient with esophageal cancer, Chest, 112, 184S, 10.1378/chest.112.4_Supplement.184S Bhutani, 1997, A comparison of the accuracy of echo features during endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of malignant lymph node invasion, Gastrointest Endosc, 45, 474, 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70176-7 Catalano, 1994, Endosonographic features predictive of lymph node metastasis, Gastrointest Endosc, 40, 442, 10.1016/S0016-5107(94)70206-3 Wiersema, 1994, Combined endosonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology in the evaluation of gastrointestinal lesions, Gastrointest Endosc, 40, 199, 10.1016/S0016-5107(94)70167-9 Vilmann, 1996, Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes, Gastrointest Endosc, 43, S24, 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)81510-0 Zuccaro, 1992, Endoscopic ultrasound and the staging of esophageal and gastric cancer, Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am, 2, 625, 10.1016/S1052-5157(18)30609-3 Catalano, 1995, Malignant esophageal strictures: staging accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography, Gastrointest Endosc, 41, 535, 10.1016/S0016-5107(95)70186-9 Van Dam, 1993, High-grade malignant stricture is predictive of esophageal tumor stage: risks of endosonographic evaluation, Cancer, 71, 2910, 10.1002/1097-0142(19930515)71:10<2910::AID-CNCR2820711005>3.0.CO;2-L Roubein, 1995, Endoscopic ultrasonography and the malignant esophageal stricture: implications and complications, Gastrointest Endosc, 41, 613, 10.1016/S0016-5107(95)70205-9 1997 Vickers, 1998, Influence of luminal obstruction on oesophageal cancer staging using endoscopic ultrasonography, Br J Surg, 85, 999, 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00797.x Hasegawa, 1996, Preoperative staging of superficial esophageal carcinoma: comparison of an ultrasound probe and standard endoscopic ultrasonography, Gastrointest Endosc, 44, 388, 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)70086-X Murata, 1996, Small ultrasonic probes for determination of the depth of superficial esophageal cancer, Gastrointest Endosc, 44, 23, 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)70224-9 Fockens, 1994, Endosonography of stenotic esophageal carcinomas: preliminary experience with an ultra-thin, balloon-fitted ultrasound probe in four patients, Gastrointest Endosc, 40, 226, 10.1016/S0016-5107(94)70173-3 Chak, 1997, Clinical applications of a new through-the-scope ultrasound probe: prospective comparison with an ultrasound endoscope, Gastrointest Endosc, 45, 291, 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70272-4 Chak, 1998, Clinical implications of endoluminal ultrasonography using through-the-scope catheter probes, Gastrointest Endosc, 48, 485, 10.1016/S0016-5107(98)70089-6 Grimm, 1994, Endoscopic ultrasonography with the ultrasonic esophagoprobe, Endoscopy, 26, 818, 10.1055/s-2007-1009118 Binmoeller, 1998, Endoscopic therapy of pancreatic strictures, Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am, 8, 125 Mallery, 1998, Non-optical wire guided echoscope (esophagoprobe) markedly increases the rate of complete staging in patients with esophageal carcinoma [abstract], Gastrointest Endosc, 47, AB150 Glover, 1994, Non-optic endosonography in advanced carcinoma of the esophagus, Gastrointest Endosc, 40, 194, 10.1016/S0016-5107(94)70166-0 Hiele, 1997, Relation between endoscopic ultrasound findings and outcome of patients with tumors of the esophagus or esophagogastric junction, Gastrointest Endosc, 45, 381, 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70148-2 Tio, 1994, Staging and prognosis using endosonography in patients with inoperable esophageal carcinoma treated with combined intraluminal and external irradiation, Gastrointest Endosc, 40, 304, 10.1016/S0016-5107(94)70061-3 Rösch, 1998, Staging esophageal cancer: the Munich experience, 139 Wiersema, 1997, Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: diagnostic accuracy and complication assessment, Gastroenterology, 112, 1087, 10.1016/S0016-5085(97)70164-1 Kallimanis, 1995, Endoscopic ultrasound for staging esophageal cancer, with or without dilation, is clinically important and safe [comments], Gastrointest Endosc, 41, 540, 10.1016/S0016-5107(95)70187-7