title: Can thyroid surgery be decided based on ultrasonographic findings, irrespective of cytopathological findings? Five-year retrospective study in a district general hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate whether thyroid surgery be decided based on ultrasonographic criteria of the nodule(s), irrespective of cytopathological findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The histopathological findings of resected thyroid lobes were retrospectively reviewed and the findings were compared with the preoperative ultrasonographic and cytopathological findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results suggest that the decision to operate on thyroid lesions based on suspicious sonographic findings was correct in a significant number of patients irrespective of the preoperative cytopathological findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sonographic features suspicious for malignancy should be taken seriously even if the cytopathological results are inconclusive or are suggestive of benignity.
authors: Radiology Department, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Grimsby, UK. Electronic address: ayman_elsayed1@yahoo.com.
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Elsayed
authors: Medical School, University of Glasgow, UK.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Murdoch
authors: Public Health Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Murray
authors: Business Intelligence Manager, eHealth, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bashir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology