Table 2. Comparison of diagnostic accuracy.

	Side port needle (n = 30)	No side port needle (n = 30)	P value
Cellular morphology from first needle pass: Non-diagnostic Benign Malignant	5 520	5 520
Correct diagnosis from first needle pass	23/30 (76.7 %)	22/30 (73.3 %)	0.766
Cellular morphology from second needle pass: Non-diagnostic Benign Malignant	4 620	5 718
Correct diagnosis from second needle pass	23/30 (76.7 %)	21/30 (70 %)	0.559
Correct diagnosis after two needle passes	26/30 (86.7 %)	26/30 (86.7 %)	1