Linear Echoendoscopes: Should We Switch to the New Forward-Viewing Model?

In a head-to-head comparison, FVL and standard CLA echoendoscopes were equally effective for sampling solid lesions.

For over 20 years, the standard instrument for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)–guided tissue sampling of solid and cystic lesions has been the curved linear-array (CLA) echoendoscope, which features an oblique endoscopic view and a perpendicular ultrasound orientation. A forward-viewing linear (FVL) echoendoscope (which features both forward endoscopic and ultrasonographic views) was recently introduced as an alternative to the CLA device but has not achieved widespread adoption.

To compare the two devices with regards to performance in sampling solid mass lesions, investigators randomized 126 patients from multiple centers to undergo EUS-guided tissue acquisition with CLA or FVL. Most patients in both groups had pancreatic lesions as clinical t…

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Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

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Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

Linear Echoendoscopes: Should We Switch to the New Forward-Viewing Model?

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