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Fig. 4

From: Comparison of Franseen and novel tricore needles for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in a porcine liver model

Fig. 4

Intraoperative findings. (a) Blood contamination was quantified as the percentage of the total area of the filter paper contaminated with blood following specimen release. (b) Blood contamination did not differ between the Franseen and Tricore groups. (c) The mean specimen acquisition time was significantly shorter in the Tricore group than in the Franseen group. * P < 0.05. CI, confidence interval.

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