1Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
3Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Study | Sample size | Site of FNA | Comparison group | Results | Statistical significance (p-value) |
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Alsohaibani et al. [29] | 109 | Pancreas | Endoscopy nurse | Inconclusive diagnosis: 47% for nurses, 23% for cytotechnologist | .001 |
Burlingame et al. [18] | 4,729 | Multiple body sites | Final diagnosis | Accuracy: 93.8-95.3% | .0064 |
Cleveland et al. [37] | Pancreas | No OSEA | Adequacy: 96% with cytotechnologist, 84% without cytotechnologist | < .00083 | |
Nayar et al. [38] | 179 | Pancreas | No OSEA | No difference | Not significant |
Nguyen et al. [14] | 37 | Pancreas | Gross examination of direct smear | ‘Fair agreement’ | Kappa = .2 |
Olson et al. [20] | 2,261 | Thyroid | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .33 |
Olson and Ali [19] | 2,252 | Pancreas | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .13 |
Olson et al. [40] | 1,995 | Bone and soft tissue | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .64 |
Petrone et al. [39] | 107 | Pancreas | Cytopathologist | Pre-training adequacy: 68.2% | .008 |
Post-training adequacy: 95.8% (cytopathologist) | |||||
Redman et al. [16] | 574 | Thyroid | Final diagnosis | Accuracy: 97% for cytopathologist, 93% for cytotechnologist | .0015 |
Savoy et al. [23] | 117 | EUS-guided sites | Endosonographers | Accuracy: 89% for cytotechnologists, 69-72% for endosonographers | < .001 |
Wotruba et al. [34] | 167 | Thyroid | Cytopathologist (paired specimen) | Concordance between cytopathologis and cytotechnologists diagnosis, 98.8%, discordance 1.2% | Not reported |
Study | Sample size | Site of FNA | Comparison group | Results | Statistical significance (p-value) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alsohaibani et al. [29] | 109 | Pancreas | Endoscopy nurse | Inconclusive diagnosis: 47% for nurses, 23% for cytotechnologist | .001 |
Burlingame et al. [18] | 4,729 | Multiple body sites | Final diagnosis | Accuracy: 93.8-95.3% | .0064 |
Cleveland et al. [37] | Pancreas | No OSEA | Adequacy: 96% with cytotechnologist, 84% without cytotechnologist | < .00083 | |
Nayar et al. [38] | 179 | Pancreas | No OSEA | No difference | Not significant |
Nguyen et al. [14] | 37 | Pancreas | Gross examination of direct smear | ‘Fair agreement’ | Kappa = .2 |
Olson et al. [20] | 2,261 | Thyroid | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .33 |
Olson and Ali [19] | 2,252 | Pancreas | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .13 |
Olson et al. [40] | 1,995 | Bone and soft tissue | Cytopathologist | Accuracy difference not statistically significant | .64 |
Petrone et al. [39] | 107 | Pancreas | Cytopathologist | Pre-training adequacy: 68.2% | .008 |
Post-training adequacy: 95.8% (cytopathologist) | |||||
Redman et al. [16] | 574 | Thyroid | Final diagnosis | Accuracy: 97% for cytopathologist, 93% for cytotechnologist | .0015 |
Savoy et al. [23] | 117 | EUS-guided sites | Endosonographers | Accuracy: 89% for cytotechnologists, 69-72% for endosonographers | < .001 |
Wotruba et al. [34] | 167 | Thyroid | Cytopathologist (paired specimen) | Concordance between cytopathologis and cytotechnologists diagnosis, 98.8%, discordance 1.2% | Not reported |
FNA, fine-needle aspiration; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound.