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Dose Performing Multiple Biopsy Strokes From the Same Site Improve Specimen Adequacy in Cholangioscopy-Guided Mapping
Takahisa Ogawa1, Yoshihide Kanno1, Shinsuke Koshita1
1Department of Gastroenterology Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Japan.
Objectives:
Cholangioscopy-guided mapping biopsy (CMB) is performed for preoperative evaluation of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of CMB using a SpyBite Max and to determine the effectiveness of multiple biopsy strokes from the same site.
Methods:
Between August 2020 and October 2022, 21 patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma were enrolled in this prospective observational study. The primary outcome was the rate of site-based successful biopsies, which was defined as the acquisition of epithelium-containing material appropriate for diagnosing benignity/malignancy from each site. The cumulative success rate of obtaining appropriate materials increased by increasing biopsy strokes from 1 to 4.
Results:
The cholangioscope could be advanced to all 80 target sites. The overall adequate specimen rate was 67% (142/212). The overall rate of site-based successful biopsies was 83% (66/80). The cumulative success rate of obtaining appropriate materials did not significantly improve by increasing the number of biopsy strokes from 1 (81%) to 4 (86%).
Conclusions:
The biopsy material was obtained for 83% of the required sites. However, repetitive biopsy strokes for the same site did not improve the rate of site-based successful biopsy. This study was registered in UMIN (UMIN000041530).
