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Putting aspiration back into thyroid fine‐needle biopsy—the re‐emerging role of vacuum assistance
Author(s) -
Abele John S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1934-6638
pISSN - 1934-662X
DOI - 10.1002/cncy.21256
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , radiology , thyroid , aspiration biopsy , surgery , general surgery
Although aspiration is a core feature in fine‐needle aspiration biopsy, it vanished with the needle‐only technique, particularly when ultrasound‐guided biopsies are used. Putting the aspiration back into fine‐needle aspiration is very helpful in certain situations.