Does sedation offer better outcomes than local anaesthesia for thyroid FNA in adult patients?

R M Kholmatov Helmi Khadra F Murad T M Ahmed A B Sholl Emad Kandil

Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2018)

Performing FNA of thyroid nodules in adult patients under sedation is not associated with a higher diagnostic yield or lower bleeding rate when compared to local anesthesia. Sedation should be judiciously used on only very anxious patients due to the increased overall cost.

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