Preoperative Ultrasonography Assessment of Vocal Cord Movement during Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Reply

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We thank Sabaretnam et al. for their interest in our article titled “Preoperative ultrasonography assessment of vocal cord movement during thyroid and parathyroid surgery” [1, 2]. Most countries have no restrictions on who can perform thyroid and neck ultrasonography (US); therefore, with increased accessibility of high-resolution US machines, thyroid US is being performed more commonly by endocrinologists and endocrine surgeons. In fact, endocrinologists and endocrine surgeons worldwide are now being encouraged and trained to adopt this technology, and surgeon-performed US-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in the clinical setting has an accuracy rate comparable to or better than rates reported by radiologists [3]. …