Optimum first-line treatment technique for benign cystic thyroid nodules: Ethanol ablation or radiofrequency ablation?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sung, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Yoon Suk ^a   Choi, Hoon ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b   Baek, Jung Hwan ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Cystic thyroid nodule; Ethanol ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Thyroid intervention; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN CYSTIC THYROID NODULE; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHANOL ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CYSTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79251525185     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5172     Document Type: Article

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