title: Clinician-performed thyroid ultrasound.
abstract: This article is intended to demystify the process for those with a potential interest in acquiring ultrasound skills. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of head and neck ultrasound but, rather, is focused on the bare minimum requirements and considerations involved in clinician-performed ultrasound. The article covers the initial diagnosis and the unparalleled usefulness of ultrasound for surgical planning just before incision. Further readings are listed at the end of the article to direct the reader to some excellent texts to help build confidence and experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of OTO-HNS, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific, Box 356515, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; OTO-HNS Division, VA Puget Sound, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. Electronic address: Coltrera@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Marc D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Coltrera
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation
keywords: Competency; Office-based; Thyroid cancer; Training; Ultrasound; Validation