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Table 3 Inadequate biopsy rates in studies that compared palpation-guided versus ultrasound-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies

From: Comparison of palpation-versus ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies in the evaluation of thyroid nodules

Author and year

No. of nodules

Palpation-guided

Ultrasound-guided

Reference

Danese 1998

9683

9%

4%

[11]

Hatada 1998

166

30%

17%

[12]

Carmeci 1998

497

16%

7%

[5]

Mehrotra 2005

262

47%

16%

[8]

Ghofrani 2006

1502

17%

7%

[9]

Cai 2006

434

13%

6%

[13]

Cesur 2006

285

32%

21%

[7]

Izquierdo 2006

376

11%

7%

[10]

Can 2008

386

27%

13%

This study