Table 1.
Summary of data characterising patients and findings
| Age, mean (SD), y | 63.2 (±13) |
| Sex, male/female, no. (%) | 34 (42), 46 (58) |
| Needle Gauge, no. (%) | |
| 19G | 8 (9) |
| 22G | 39 (46) |
| 25G | 38 (44) |
| Number of Passes, no. (%) | |
| 1 | 64 (75) |
| 2 | 14 (16) |
| 3 | 4 (5) |
| 4 | 2 (2) |
| 5 | 2 (2) |
| Mean Number of Passes | 1.4 |
| Cyst Location, no. (%) | |
| Head | 22 (26) |
| Head and Neck | 1 (1) |
| Neck | 16 (19) |
| Neck and Body | 2 (2) |
| Body | 14 (16) |
| Body and Tail | 6 (7) |
| Tail | 9 (9) |
| Uncinate | 7 (8) |
| Antibiotics administered, no. (%) | |
| Piperacillin/tazobactam | 74 (87) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 10 (12) |