Evaluation of Thyroid Ultrasound Report Quality and Assessing Effect of Adherence to Risk Stratification Criteria on Referral for Thyroid Nodule Biopsy

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the quality of diagnostic thyroid ultrasound reports and determine the impact of consistent adherence to 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) and 2017 American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) on reducing unnecessary referrals for thyroid nodule biopsy. Materials and Methods: Reports from 291 referrals for thyroid nodule biopsy were included for retrospective...