| |
22-gauge FNA (n = 38)
|
25-gauge FNB (n = 38)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Amount of cellular material
|
1.26 ± 0.72
|
1.55 ± 0.72
|
0.085
|
|
Retention of appropriate architecture
|
1.39 ± 0.68
|
1.63 ± 0.67
|
0.132
|
|
Degree of cellular degeneration
|
1.42 ± 0.60
|
1.58 ± 0.64
|
0.271
|
|
Degree of cellular trauma
|
1.26 ± 0.55
|
1.53 ± 0.65
|
0.061
|
|
Background blood or clot
|
1.29 ± 0.70
|
1.53 ± 0.73
|
0.150
|
|
Total score
|
6.63 ± 2.90
|
7.82 ± 3.14
|
0.092
|
- FNA fine needle aspiration, FNB fine needle biopsy
- Continuous variables are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation
- a The scoring system reported by Mair et al. [19] was used for the assessment of sample quality
