Comparative efficacy of radiofrequency and laser ablation for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules: Systematic review including traditional pooling and Bayesian network meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1903-1911

  Ha, Eun Ju ^a   Baek, Jung Hwan ^b   Kim, Kyung Won ^b   Pyo, Junhee ^c   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b   Baek, Seung Hee ^b   Døssing, Helle ^d   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^d  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID NODULE; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BAYES THEOREM; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY;

BAYES THEOREM; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929378077     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-4077     Document Type: Article

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