US-Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Solid Benign Hyperfunctioning or Compressive Thyroid Nodules

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 784-791

  Deandrea, Maurilio ^a   Limone, Paolo ^a   Basso, Edoardo ^a   Mormile, Alberto ^a   Ragazzoni, Federico ^a   Gamarra, Elena ^a   Spiezia, Stefano ^b   Faggiano, Antongiulio ^c   Colao, Annamaria ^c   Molinari, Filippo ^d   Garberoglio, Roberto ^e  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e Fondazione Scientifica Mauriziana ONLUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency; Thyroid nodules therapy; US guided thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

THERMAL ABLATION; THYROID NODULES THERAPY; ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) THERMAL ABLATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IODINE 131;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 43049097196     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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