Table 2.
Breakdown of the obtained samples according to the classification and reporting of thyroid cytology for each procedure
| TIR | Nodule 1 | Nodule 2 | Nodule 3 | Nodule 4 | Nodule 5 | Nodule 6 | Nodule 7 | Tot | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st FNAB | 2nd FNAB | 3rd FNAB | 1st FNAB | 2nd FNAB | 1st FNAB | 1st FNAB | 1st FNAB | 1st FNAB | 1st FNAB | ||
| 1 | 466 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 515 |
| 2 | 4928 | 121 | 5 | 1712 | 6 | 400 | 107 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 7324 |
| 3 | 269 | 10 | 1 | 119 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7839 |
| 4 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 |
| 5 | 206 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 324 |
| 6 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 407 |
| 7 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168 |
| Tot | 6174 | 164 | 8 | 2027 | 11 | 493 | 127 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 9061 |
Specifically, the table describes that up to seven nodules were examined in each procedure. Concurrently, up to three repetitions of the procedure were carried out for each nodule to finalise the diagnosis. Each line reports the number of samples that fall under a label of the classification (TIR)