Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration<subtitle>Does Case Volume Affect Diagnostic Yield and Interpretation?</subtitle>
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Thyroid fine-needle aspiration: does case volume affect diagnostic yield and interpretation?
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of case volume on the diagnostic yield and interpretation of thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA). DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING An academic tertiary referral center and 2 community hospital centers. PATIENTS Data were retrospectively reviewed for all consecutive patients undergoing thyroid FNA at these institutions during the 2009 calendar yea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.185