Sonography-guided ethanol ablation of a remnant solid component after radio-frequency ablation of benign solid thyroid nodules: A preliminary study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1139-1143

  Kim, Dong Wook ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BENIGN SOLID THYROID NODULE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SONOGRAPHY GUIDED ETHANOL ABLATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND BLEEDING; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862562318     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2904     Document Type: Article

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