Comparison of the Diagnostic Yield of EUS Needles for Liver Biopsy: Ex Vivo Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Total specimen length (cm)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cook</td><td class="align_center">4.73</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Boston Scientific</td><td class="align_center">2.98</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Olympus</td><td class="align_center">4.26</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Covidien</td><td class="align_center">5.07</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Trucut</td><td class="align_center">1.55</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Comparison of the Diagnostic Yield of EUS Needles for Liver Biopsy: Ex Vivo Study 