Conventional aspiration vs biopsy needle for endosonography:the International Sarcoidosis Assessment (ISA) RCT

Conclusion: 25G ProCore biopsy needles have a similar granuloma detection rate in patient with sarcoidosis type I and II compared to the conventional 22G needles.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Crombag, L. M. M. J., Mooij, K., Szlubowski, A., Tournoy, K., Trisolini, R., Sun, J., Oki, M., Ninaber, M., Stigt, J., Steinfort, D., Jennings, B., Liberman, M., Bilaceroglu, S., Annema, J. Tags: Interventional Pulmonology Source Type: research