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Efficacy Of Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration Performed By Surgeons Newly Trained In Thyroid Ultrasound
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Head And Neck-journal For The Sciences And Specialities Of The Head And Neck. Wiley-blackwell, v. 39, p. 439 - 442, 2017.
1043-3074
1097-0347
WOS:000397334700009
10.1002/hed.24603
Autor
Graciano
Agnaldo J.; Fischer
Carlos A.; Chone
Carlos T.; Bublitz
Giuliano S.; Sonagli
Marina; Rodrigues Filho
Cezar A.
Institución
Resumen
There are a growing number of thyroid ultrasound courses to train endocrinologists, pathologists, and surgeons to perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA). However, there are limited data to support the efficacy of ultrasound-guided FNA performed by nonradiologists. Methods. We compared the efficacy of ultrasound-guided FNA performed by surgeons newly trained in thyroid ultrasound with that of the same technique performed by 1 experienced radiologist. The ratio of nondiagnostic examinations was used to compare the 2 groups. Results. A total of 197 ultrasound-guided FNAs were performed on 172 women (95.53%) and 8 men (4.47%) over a 12-month period. The efficacy of ultrasound-guided FNA did not differ between groups. A nondiagnostic report was found in 23% and 25.7% of the examinations performed by the radiologist and surgeons, respectively. Conclusion. The efficacy of ultrasound-guided FNAs performed by our 2 surgeons was similar to that of our radiologist. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 439-442, 2017. 39 3 439 442