Mingxing Xia, Zhenyang Shen, Haiming Zheng, Lin Yuan, Jiangfeng Hu, Yi Zhao, Dongxun Zhou, Xianghui Bai, Junjun Wang, Xiaoman Li, Weiming Dai, Mei Kang, Hui Zhou, Rong Wan, Lungen Lu, Bing Hu, Xinjian Wan, Xiaobo Cai
OBJECTIVES: Although cytologic examination of biliary stricture brushings obtained via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is commonly used for diagnosing malignant biliary strictures (MBSs), it has low sensitivity. Several new brushes have capabilities that are still being debated. We have developed a novel brush working from conventional back-and-forth movement to rotation in situ (RIS) that may be more efficient for MBS sampling. We aimed to compare the MBSs detection sensitivity of our RIS brush with that of the conventional brush...
March 13, 2024: American Journal of Gastroenterology