Interstitial laser photocoagulation (ILP) of benign cystic thyroid nodules - A prospective randomized trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Døssing, Helle ^a   Bennedbæk, Finn Noe ^b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN CYSTIC THYROID NODULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST ASPIRATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SUCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84879980562     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1503     Document Type: Article

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