Effect of ultrasound-guided interstitial laser photocoagulation on benign solitary solid cold thyroid nodules: One versus three treatments

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 763-768

  Døssing, Helle ^a   Bennedbæk, Finn Noe ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; APPARATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33751063568     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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