Zhou Q, Wu W, Wang F, Gong X, Chen X. Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration with or without Negative Pressure for Different Types of Thyroid Nodules.
Int J Gen Med 2021;
14:5475-5481. [PMID:
34531675 PMCID:
PMC8439625 DOI:
10.2147/ijgm.s317087]
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Abstract
Object
To evaluate the effects of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration with or without negative pressure (FNA+P or FNA-P) on diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
Methods
A prospective randomized study was performed. Patients (n=1374, female=1094, 79.6%, male=280, 20.4%, age=48.7±12.5 yr) with thyroid nodules were randomly divided into FNA-P (n=774, 56.3%) and FNA+P (600, 43.7%) groups. Thyroid nodules were diagnosed by FNA-P or FNA+P, in the left (n=640, 46.6%) and right (n=734, 53.4%).
Results
The thyroid nodules were diagnosed as microcalcification (n=751, 54.7%), coarse calcification (n=404, 29.4%), peripheral calcification (n=101, 7.4%) and mixed micro + coarse calcification (n=118, 8.6%). Based on Bethesda classification criteria, the thyroid nodules were cataloged as type I (n=217,15.8%), II (n=467, 34.0%), III (n=151, 11.0%), V (n=333, 24.2%), and VI (n=206, 15.0%). There were no significant differences between experimental groups diagnosed by FNA-P or FNA+P.
Conclusion
The results suggest that fine-needle aspiration with or without negative pressure does not significantly affect the sensitivity of thyroid nodule diagnosis.
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