REVIEW ARTICLE - ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND OF THE STOMACH

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is the adopted term for the technique whic h enables endoluminal ultrasound to be performed using a specially des igned endoscope with a fixed piezoelectric transducer. Since initial r eports described the use of this technique in patients, its use in cli nical practice in Europe, the Far East and the USA has been steadily i ncreasing over the past few years. At present the technique is only pr actised in a very few centres in the UK but it is likely that this wil l increase in the future. This article describes the present day value of EUS in evaluating gastric pathology.