Feature | New FNAB needle device (5 by each of 4 CP-Total 20) | Hypodermic needle (5 by each of 4 CP-Total 20) |
---|---|---|
Cellularity of direct smears | Moderate to marked (Figure 6c) | Mild to hypocellular (Figure 6f) |
Density of tissue fragments in cell block | Moderate to marked (Figure 6a,b) | Mild to hypocellular (Figure 6d,e) |
Tissuecrit ¶ (Figure 5) | 70–100 μl (Mean 87, SD 10)* | 17–30 μl (Mean 24, SD 4)* |
Technical ease§ | 1–2 | 2–3 |