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Impact of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology for diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Value of a Predictive Model Based on Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging Biomarkers Combined with Clinical Features in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules.Current medical imaging · 2026Article
- Independent risk factors and feasibility of ultrasound diagnosis of ultrasound-guided non-cytologically diagnostic thyroid nodules.Gland surgery · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Malignancy in Patients with Maximal Thyroid Nodules ≥2 Cm.Cancer management and research · 2021Article
- Study Protocol Titles: Erratum.Medicine · 2020Article
- [Effect of the hardness of thyroid nodules on sample satisfaction of core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Classifying Thyroid Nodules Compared with Fine-Needle Aspiration.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious clinical studies have reported that ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (UGFNAC) can be used for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules (TN) effectively. However, no study has systematically explored its diagnosis accuracy in patients with TN. Thus, this study will assess its diagnosis accuracy for TN.
methodsWe will perform a comprehensive literature search from the following databases from their inceptions to the present without language restrictions: MEDILINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. We will consider all case-controlled studies investigating the impacts of UGFNAC diagnosis for patients with TN for inclusion. Two authors will independently carry out study selection, data collection, and methodological quality assessment. Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies tool will be used for methodological quality evaluation. We will use RevMan V.5.3 and Stata V.12.0 software to perform statistical analysis.
resultsWe will apply sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio to judge the diagnostic accuracy of UGFNAC for TN.
conclusionThe results of this study will provide latest evidence for the diagnostic accuracy of UGFNAC for TN. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42019138805.
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