Fine-needle aspiration biopsy versus ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: Cost-effectiveness as a frontline diagnostic modality for solitary thyroid nodules

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1035-1039

  Khalid, Ayesha N ^a   Quraishi, Sadeq A ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cytology; Diagnosis; FNAB; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound guided FNAB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 50249170314     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20829     Document Type: Article

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