title: Efficacy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration performed by surgeons newly trained in thyroid ultrasound.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
  
  The efficacy of ultrasound-guided FNAs performed by our 2 surgeons was similar to that of our radiologist. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 439-442, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Campinas State University, Campinas, Brazil.|Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Brazil.
authors.forename: Agnaldo J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Graciano
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Campinas State University, Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chone
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giuliano S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bublitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonagli
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cezar A Rodrigues
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D002983:Clinical Competence; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000072177:Radiologists / Q000193:education; D066231:Surgeons / Q000193:education; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods
keywords: endocrine surgical procedures; fine-needle aspiration; image-guided biopsy; thyroid; thyroid neoplasms