Cost-effectiveness analysis of repeat fine-needle aspiration for thyroid biopsies read as atypia of undetermined significance

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-430

  Heller, Michael ^a   Zanocco, Kyle ^a   Zydowicz, Sara ^a   Elaraj, Dina ^a   Nayar, Ritu ^a   Sturgeon, Cord ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATYPIA OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865766883     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.05.038     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Z.W. Baloch, E.S. Cibas, and D.P. Clark The National Cancer Institute Thyroid fine needle aspiration state of the science conference: a summation Cytojournal 5 2008 6
2. L.J. Layfield, E.S. Cibas, H. Gharib, and S.J. Mandel Thyroid aspiration cytology: current status CA Cancer J Clin 59 2009 99 110
3. E.S. Cibas, and S.Z. Ali The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology Thyroid 19 2009 1159 1165
4. W.C. Faquin, and Z.W. Baloch Fine-needle aspiration of follicular patterned lesions of the thyroid: diagnosis, management, and follow-up according to National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommendations Diagn Cytopathol 38 2010 731 739
5. L.J. Layfield, M.J. Morton, H.M. Cramer, and S. Hirschowitz Implications of the proposed thyroid fine-needle aspiration category of "follicular lesion of undetermined significance": a five-year multi-institutional analysis Diagn Cytopathol 37 2009 710 714
6. R. Nayar, and M. Ivanovic The indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspiration: experience from an academic center using terminology similar to that proposed in the 2007 National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference Cancer Cytopathol 117 2009 195 202
7. Y. Shi, X. Ding, and M. Klein Thyroid fine-needle aspiration with atypia of undetermined significance: a necessary or optional category? Cancer Cytopathol 117 2009 298 304
8. C.G. Theoharis, K.M. Schofield, L. Hammers, R. Udelsman, and D.C. Chhieng The Bethesda thyroid fine-needle aspiration classification system: year 1 at an academic institution Thyroid 19 2009 1215 1223
9. M. Gold Panel on cost-effectiveness in health and medicine Med Care 34 12 Suppl 1996 DS197 DS199
10. P. Muennig, and K. Khan Designing and conducting cost-effectiveness analyses in medicine and health care 1st ed. 2002 Jossey-Bass San Francisco (CA)
11. M.R. Gold Cost-effectiveness in health and medicine 1996 Oxford University Press New York (NY)
12. C. Page, and V. Strunski Parathyroid risk in total thyroidectomy for bilateral, benign, multinodular goitre: report of 351 surgical cases J Laryngol Otol 121 2007 237 241
13. A. Sitges-Serra, S. Ruiz, M. Girvent, H. Manjon, J.P. Duenas, and J.J. Sancho Outcome of protracted hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy Br J Surg 97 2010 1687 1695
14. L. Youngwirth, J. Benavidez, R. Sippel, and H. Chen Parathyroid hormone deficiency after total thyroidectomy: incidence and time J Surg Res 163 2010 69 71
15. C. Dobrinja, G. Trevisan, L. Piscopello, M. Fava, and G. Liguori Comparison between thyroidectomy and hemithyroidectomy in treatment of single thyroid nodules identified as indeterminate follicular lesions by fine-needle aspiration cytology Ann Ital Chir 81 2010 403 410 discussion 410-11
16. S.Y. Su, S. Grodski, and J.W. Serpell Hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy: a retrospective review Ann Surg 250 2009 991 994
17. T.K. Palit, C.C. Miller III, and D.M. Miltenburg The efficacy of thyroidectomy for Graves' disease: a meta-analysis J Surg Res 90 2000 161 165
18. Z. Baloch, V.A. LiVolsi, and P. Jain Role of repeat fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the management of thyroid nodules Diagn Cytopathol 29 2003 203 206
19. C.Y. Lo, K.F. Kwok, and P.W. Yuen A prospective evaluation of recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis during thyroidectomy Arch Surg 135 2000 204 207
20. K. Zanocco, P. Angelos, and C. Sturgeon Cost-effectiveness analysis of parathyroidectomy for asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism Surgery 140 2006 874 881 discussion 881-2
21. Red Book. Montvale (NJ): Thomson Healthcare; 2005.
22. D.B. Petitti Meta-analysis, decision analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis: methods for quantitative synthesis in medicine 2nd ed. 2000 Oxford University Press New York (NY)
23. K. Sejean, S. Calmus, and I. Durand-Zaleski Surgery versus medical follow-up in patients with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism: a decision analysis Eur J Endocrinol 153 2005 915 927
24. K.A. Epstein, L.J. Schneiderman, J.W. Bush, and A. Zettner The "abnormal" screening serum thyroxine (T4): analysis of physician response, outcome, cost and health effectiveness J Chronic Dis 34 1981 175 190
25. T.V. Elberling, A.K. Rasmussen, U. Feldt-Rasmussen, M. Hording, H. Perrild, and G. Waldemar Impaired health-related quality of life in Graves' disease. A prospective study Eur J Endocrinol 151 2004 549 555
26. J. Yang, V. Schnadig, R. Logrono, and P.G. Wasserman Fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: a study of 4703 patients with histologic and clinical correlations Cancer 111 2007 306 315
27. L. Yassa, E.S. Cibas, and C.B. Benson Long-term assessment of a multidisciplinary approach to thyroid nodule diagnostic evaluation Cancer 111 2007 508 516
28. P.A. VanderLaan, E. Marqusee, and J.F. Krane Clinical outcome for atypia of undetermined significance in thyroid fine-needle aspirations: should repeated FNA be the preferred initial approach? Am J Clin Pathol 135 2011 770 775
29. R.A. Prinz, P.J. O'Morchoe, and A.L. Barbato Fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules Ann Surg 198 1983 70 73
30. R.H. Cobin, H. Gharib, and D.A. Bergman AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma Endocr Pract 7 2001 202 220
31. S.G. Mistry, N. Mani, and P. Murthy Investigating the value of fine needle aspiration cytology in thyroid cancer J Cytol 28 2011 185 190