There is generally not much pain, similar to an infusion of an injection, and most patients can tolerate it. For those who are particularly sensitive to pain, local anesthesia may be considered first.
Thyroid puncture is a procedure that uses a puncture needle to penetrate inside the thyroid gland and extract certain tissue or cells from the lesion for further pathological examination to help determine the nature of the thyroid tissue, with fine needle puncture being the current choice for cytologic pathology.
When a patient with a thyroid nodule is suspected of having cancer, a puncture biopsy can be performed and if the pathology is diagnosed as cancerous, surgery can be performed. Most patients are not aware of the exact procedure. The procedure is guided by ultrasound and is performed with a very fine needle. The needle itself has a negative pressure, and when it enters the nodule, tissue cells can be aspirated, and then the slide is sprayed and fixed and sent for pathological examination, which takes about half an hour. For patients who are particularly sensitive to pain, local anesthesia can be considered. The surgery incision is the size of the tip of a needle, and basically does not affect normal work and life.