Interstitial laser photocoagulation for benign thyroid nodules: Time to treat large nodules

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 797-803

  Amabile, Gerardo ^a   Rotondi, Mario ^b   Pirali, Barbara ^b   Dionisio, Rosa ^b   Agozzino, Lucio ^c   Lanza, Michele ^a   Buonanno, Luciano ^a   Di Filippo, Bruno ^a   Fonte, Rodolfo ^b   Chiovato, Luca ^b  

^a Unit of Thyroid Diseases Villa Cinzia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

interstitial laser photocoagulation (ILP); nodular goiter; thyroid; thyroid nodule; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; LASER COAGULATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 80053527223     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21114     Document Type: Article

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