Usage and Diagnostic Yield of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology and Core Needle Biopsy in Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Literature Published by Korean Authors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The usefulness of core needle biopsy (CNB) for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules remains controversial, and preferences vary across hospitals. The purpose of this study was to assess the actual use of CNB in Korea and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of CNB through a systematic review and meta-analysis of papers published by Korean authors.

Methods

A meta-analysis of full-text publications published in English presenting data from Korea retrieved from the Embase literature database was performed.

Results

CNB led to a significantly lower proportion of non-diagnostic results than fine-needle aspiration (FNA). However, the frequency of atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) did not decrease as a

SUBMITTER: Ahn SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature