Hurtado-Lopez LM, Carrillo-Muñoz A, Zaldivar-Ramirez FR, Basurto-Kuba EOP, Monroy-Lozano BE. Assessment of diagnostic capacity and decision-making based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association ultrasound classification system. World J Methodol 2022; 12(3): 148-163 [PMID: 35721246 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i3.148]
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Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-Lopez, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Thyroid Clinic, Hospital General de Mexico, Dr. Balmis 148, Doctores, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico. hurtado@clinicadetiroides.com.mx
Research Domain of This Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Article-Type of This Article
Meta-Analysis
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World J Methodol. May 20, 2022; 12(3): 148-163 Published online May 20, 2022. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i3.148
Assessment of diagnostic capacity and decision-making based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association ultrasound classification system
Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-Lopez, Alfredo Carrillo-Muñoz, Felipe-Rafael Zaldivar-Ramirez, Erich Otto Paul Basurto-Kuba, Blanca-Estela Monroy-Lozano
Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-Lopez, Department of Surgery, Thyroid Clinic, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico
Alfredo Carrillo-Muñoz, Felipe-Rafael Zaldivar-Ramirez, Erich Otto Paul Basurto-Kuba, Blanca-Estela Monroy-Lozano, Thyroid Clinic, General Surgery Service, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico 06726, Mexico
Author contributions: Hurtado-López LM contributed to conceptualization; and all authors contributed in methodology, investigation, original drafting, and final approval.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
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Corresponding author: Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-Lopez, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Thyroid Clinic, Hospital General de Mexico, Dr. Balmis 148, Doctores, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico. hurtado@clinicadetiroides.com.mx
Received: December 22, 2021 Peer-review started: December 22, 2021 First decision: February 8, 2022 Revised: February 27, 2022 Accepted: April 24, 2022 Article in press: April 24, 2022 Published online: May 20, 2022
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
It is important to make clinical decisions with the best evidence available, but the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) Ultrasound (US) Guide does not yet have sufficient evidence. Therefore it should be studied and evaluated whether or not it is useful in making clinical decisions during the initial evaluation of thyroid nodules.
Research motivation
The real diagnostic value and its usefulness in clinical decision-making of the ATA 2015 US guide should be known.
Research objectives
To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic value of the American Thyroid Association US system for the initial assessment of thyroid nodules.
Research methods
A meta-analysis study of the diagnostic value of the ATA 2015 ultrasonographic patterns was carried out and this diagnostic value was used to evaluate, through threshold and decision curve analysis, whether it is useful in decision-making during the initial evaluation of thyroid nodules.
Research results
The results showed that the US guided studies had no diagnostic value for decision-making in selecting which nodule should undergo or not FNAB.
Research conclusions
Physicians should continue doing FNAB to all solid or mixed thyroid nodules.
Research perspectives
An alternative diagnostic method must continue to be sought, which resolves the question of which nodule should undergo and which not FNAB.
