Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules: Is it necessary to use local anesthesia for the application of one needle puncture?

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-446

  Dong, Wook Kim ^a   Myung, Ho Rho ^b   Ki, Nam Kim ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle biopsy; Local anesthesia; Pain; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PUNCTURE; RATING SCALE; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349185467     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.5.441     Document Type: Article

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