German Survey on EUS-Guided Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) - Evidence or "Gut-Feeling"?

To examine practice patterns of endosonographers in diagnosing and managing gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Germany.A modified published survey (Ha et al., Gastrointest Endosc 2009) was sent to endosonographic ultrasound (EUS) customers in Germany. The survey was also publicized on the homepage of an EUS interest group. To avoid duplicate opinions, participants were asked to return one survey per institution.142 centers of roughly 850 German EUS centers responded. 25 % were from University hospitals and 74 % from community hospitals. 61 % performed 2 EUS scans for suspected subepithelial lesions/week. Although 97 % of respondents believed that tissue acquisition with CD117 immuno…

Ultrasound Curricula of Student Education in Europe : Summary of the Experience

Abstract Background Despite the increasing role of ultrasound, structured ultrasound teaching is only slowly being integrated into the curricula of medical schools and universities all over Europe. Aim To survey the current situation at European universities regarding the integration of ultrasound in student medical education and to report on models of student ultrasound training from selected European universities. Methods A questionnaire survey focusing on the implementation of curricular ultrasound education was sent out to the 28 presidents of the national ultrasound societies of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), who were asked to dist…

Diagnostische Endosonografie 2013 - Bewährtes, Probleme und Neues

Die ersten Versuche, flexible Endoskopie und Ultraschall in einer Methode zusammenzufuhren, wurden 1978 unternommen. 35 Jahre spater hat sich der endoskopische Ultraschall (EUS) zu einer faszinierenden interdisziplinaren diagnostischen und interventionellen Methode auf hohem technologischem Niveau entwickelt. Die Anzahl endosonografischer Publikationen nimmt deutlich zu, in einem Jahreszeitraum wurden mehr als 700 wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zum EUS veroffentlicht. Daruber hinaus hat die wissenschaftliche und methodische Qualitat der endosonografischen Literatur im letzten Jahrzehnt substanziell zugenommen. Der EUS ist heute als ein entscheidender Bestandteil der modernen klinischen Praxis a…

Su1548 Diagnosis and Management of GI Stromal Tumors by EUS-FNA: Do European and US Practices of Endosonographers Differ?

The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Elastography in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2018

This manuscript describes the use of ultrasound elastography, with the exception of liver applications, and represents an update of the 2013 EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) Guidelines and Recommendations on the clinical use of elastography.Diese Arbeit beschreibt den Einsatz der Ultraschall-Elastografie mit Ausnahme der Leberanwendungen und ist eine Aktualisierung der Leitlinien und Empfehlungen der EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) von 2013 zum klinischen Einsatz der Elastografie.

S3-Leitlinie „Magenkarzinom” -