Ultrasound guided percutaneous microwave ablation of benign thyroid nodules: Safety and imaging follow-up in 222 patients

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yue, Wenwen ^a   Wang, Shurong ^b   Wang, Bin ^a   Xu, Qingling ^b   Yu, Shoujun ^b   Yonglin, Zhang ^b   Wang, Xiju ^b  

^a BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Ultrasound   (China)

Author keywords

Microwave; Thermal ablation; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BENIGN THYROID NODULE; BENIGN TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NODULE VOLUME; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS MICROWAVE ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VOICE CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871722432     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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