Kathryn Roth
Western University
Canada
Title: Utility of in-office Ultrasound-guided FNAB in surgical practice
Biography
Biography: Kathryn Roth
Abstract
In-office ultrasound has become more common in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery practice. This affords an opportunity to examine thyroid nodules, lymph nodes in oncologic surveillance, abscesses, and pathological salivary glands in real-time. Basics of ultrasound technology and techniques specific to the head and neck region will be discussed. There is an emerging role for ultrasound in managing thyroid nodules, determining surgical candidacy for thyroidectomy, and for revision surgery in thyroid cancer, melanoma and SCC of the head and neck. The utility of ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (FNAB) will be highlighted, in conjunction with the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines for management of thyroid nodules and well-differentiated thyroid cancer. By the end of this session, the participant will be able to: 1. List the ultrasound technical requirements for thyroid examination 2. List the indications for thyroid FNAB 3. Describe the procedure for performing a thyroid FNAB 4. Demonstrate an endocrine sonographic examination of the neck 5. Recognize normal anatomical structures surrounding the thyroid on ultrasound 6. Recognize the sonographic features of concern (dimensions, echogenicity, peripheral vascularity, micro calcifications) in a thyroid nodule