Combines endoscopy and high-frequency ultrasound to image and biopsy structures adjacent to the GI tract.<\/p>\n
Why it\u2019s done<\/strong> Preparation<\/strong> Procedure<\/strong> Afterwards<\/strong> Risks<\/strong> Combines endoscopy and high-frequency ultrasound to image and biopsy structures adjacent to the GI tract. Why it\u2019s done \u2022 Pancreatic masses or cysts \u2022 Submucosal GI lesions \u2022 Staging of esophageal or rectal cancer \u2022 Lymph-node sampling Preparation \u2022 Fast 6\u20138 hours \u2022 Consent for possible FNA\/FNB biopsy Procedure \u2022 Sedation; echoendoscope advanced to target […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2887,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/2887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Pancreatic masses or cysts
\n\u2022 Submucosal GI lesions
\n\u2022 Staging of esophageal or rectal cancer
\n\u2022 Lymph-node sampling<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Fast 6\u20138 hours
\n\u2022 Consent for possible FNA\/FNB biopsy<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Sedation; echoendoscope advanced to target region
\n\u2022 Ultrasound imaging and needle biopsy performed<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Recovery for 1\u20132 hours
\n\u2022 Resume diet and activities as directed<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Mild bleeding (0.1\u20130.5%)
\n\u2022 Pancreatitis (0.4%)
\n\u2022 Infection (<1%)
\n\u2022 Rare perforation (<0.05%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"