简介:Endoscopicultrasonography-guidedfine-needleaspiration(EUS-FNA)hasbeenappliedtopancreaticobiliarylesionssincethe1990sandisinwidespreadusethroughouttheworldtoday.Weusedthismethodtoconfirmthepathologicalevidenceofthepancreaticobiliarylesionsandtoperformsuitabletherapies.ComplicationsofEUS-FNAarequiterare,butsomeofthemaresevere.OperatorsshouldmasterconventionalEUSobservationandexperienceaminimumof20-30casesofsupervisedEUS-FNAonnon-pancreaticandpancreaticlesionsbeforeattemptingsoloEUSFNA.StudiesconductedonpancreaticobiliaryEUSFNAhavefocusedonselectionofsuitableinstruments(e.g.,needleselection)andsamplingtechniques(e.g.,fanningmethod,suctionlevel,withorwithoutastylet,optimumnumberofpasses).Today,thediagnosticabilityofEUS-FNAisstillimproving;thedetectionofpancreaticcancer(PC)currentlyhasasensitivityof90%-95%andspecificityof95%-100%.InadditiontoPC,avarietyofrarepancreatictumorscanbediscriminatedbyconductingimmunohistochemistryontheFNAmaterials.Aflexible,largecaliberneedlehasbeenusedtoobtainalargepieceoftissue,whichcanprovidesufficienthistologicalinformationtobehelpfulinclassifyingbenignpancreaticlesions.EUSFNAcansupplyhighdiagnosticyieldsevenforbiliarylesionsorperi-pancreaticobiliarylymphnodes.ThisreviewfocusesontheclinicalaspectsofEUS-FNAinthepancreaticobiliaryfield,withtheaimofprovidinginformationthatcanenablemoreaccurateandefficientdiagnosis.