High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of thyroid nodules: First human feasibility study

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 965-973

  Esnault, Olivier ^a   Franc, Brigitte ^b   Ménégaux, Fabrice ^c   Rouxel, Agnès ^c   De Kerviler, Eric ^d   Bourrier, Pierre ^d   Lacoste, François ^e   Chapelon, Jean Yves ^f   Leenhardt, Laurence ^c  

^a ENT and Cervicofacial Surgery (Private Practice)   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Theraclion   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLISTER; BURN; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DEVICE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROSIS; PAIN; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CYST; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PARIS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80052467214     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0141     Document Type: Article

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