• Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in Functional Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract - EFSUMB Consensus Statement 

      Maconi, Giovanni; Hausken, Trygve; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Pallotta, Nadia; Sporea, Ioan; Nürnberg, Dieter; Dirks, Klaus; Romanini, Laura; Serra, Carla; Braden, Barbara; Spârchez, Zeno; Gilja, Odd Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Abdominal ultrasonography and intestinal ultrasonography are widely used as first diagnostic tools for investigating patients with abdominal symptoms, mainly for excluding organic diseases. However, gastrointestinal ...
    • What should be known prior to performing EUS? 

      Dietrich, Christoph F.; Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio; Braden, Barbara; Burmeister, Sean; Carrara, Silvia; Cui, Xinwu; Di Leo, Milena; Dong, Yi; Fusaroli, Pietro; Gilja, Odd Helge; Healey, Andrew J.; Hocke, Michael; Hollerbach, Stephan; Garcia, Julio Iglesias; Ignee, André; Jürgensen, Christian; Kahaleh, Michel; Kitano, Masayuki; Kunda, Rastislav; Larghi, Alberto; Möller, Kathleen; Napoleon, Bertrand; Oppong, Kofi W.; Petrone, Maria Chiara; Saftoiu, Adrian; Puri, Rajesh; Sahai, Anand V.; Santo, Erwin; Sharma, Malay; Soweid, Assaad; Sun, Siyu; Teoh, Anthony Yuen Bun; Vilmann, Peter; Jenssen, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-14)
      Direct referral of patients for EUS – instead of preprocedural consultation with the endosonographer – has become standard practice (like for other endoscopic procedures) as it is time- and cost-effective. To ensure ...