Do needle biopsies harm other tissues?

Thyroid puncture has definite pathological diagnosis is very important, now of the thyroid gland is puncture under ultrasound guidance, so his puncture is very accurate, generally he will not damage to surrounding organs, such as vein puncture to the neck or common carotid artery, trachea or esophagus, etc., it will not puncture to other place, so biopsy puncture is very accurate, Other damage is relatively minor.

The second point is that the current research of evidence-based medicine shows that puncture diagnosis of thyroid cancer rarely causes puncture path metastasis, nor does it cause systemic blood metastasis. Through so many years of clinical practice, it also shows that the 10-year survival rate of thyroid cancer is similar between puncture and non-puncture.

So patients, if your thyroid nodule is suspected to be malignant during the examination, please don't be afraid to do a needle biopsy as instructed by your doctor. It is very important to help your doctor make a judgment about your thyroid nodule so that it can be helpful for the next treatment.

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