Ból zwi¹zany z biopsj¹ cienkoig³ow¹ guzków tarczycy
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Summary Introduction: The importance of FNAB tool in the pre-surgical diagnosis. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to look for patients' comfort improvement and the best dia- gnostic conditions as we intended to obtain the real estimation of patient's pain intensity and the correlation between patient's hormonal status, age, sex, nodule type with the level of pain sensation. Material and methods: The research was carried out in a group of 75 patients of the Clinic of Endocrino- logy, Metabolism and Internal Medicine. The inclusion criteria at a thyroid outpatient clinic were as follows: the thyroid nodules that required an US-FNAB were 10 mm or larger in the maximum diameter and the locations of the thyroid nodules were intraglandular and were relatively central in thyroid. The main study method was the pain scale measuring patient's pain intensity, based ona self-report. Results: The obtained scores showed moderate pain as dominant in the study group and no statistically significant correlation between the intensity of pain, age, sex, density of the nodules (calcifications), initial dia- gnosis and hormonal status of the patient. Conclusions: The use of different anesthetics during thyroid FNAB has already been reported as ineffective, thus alternative methods of decreasing pain during biopsy should be considered.
Institution: Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Language: Polish
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2185994735