Thyroid nodules and related symptoms are stably controlled two years after radiofrequency thermal ablation

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Spiezia, Stefano ^a   Garberoglio, Roberto ^b   Milone, Francesco ^c   Ramundo, Valeria ^c   Caiazzo, Corrado ^a   Assanti, Angelo Pio ^a   Deandrea, Maurilio ^b   Limone, Paolo P ^b   Macchia, Paolo E ^c   Lombardi, Gaetano ^c   Colao, Annamaria ^c   Faggiano, Antongiulio ^c  

^a Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SONOVUE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XILOCAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY THERMAL ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62249206569     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0202     Document Type: Article

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