Benign predominantly solid thyroid nodules: Prospective study of efficacy of sonographically guided radiofrequency ablation versus control condition

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1137-1142

  Baek, Jung Hwan ^a,b   Kim, Yoon Suk ^a   Lee, Ducky ^a   Huh, Jung Yin ^c   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intervention; Radiofrequency ablation; Thyroid; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BODY IMAGE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950615861     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3372     Document Type: Article

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