ea0014p383 | (1) | ECE2007
Faggiano Antongiulio
, Di Somma Carolina
, Milone Francesco
, Ramundo Valeria
, Lombardi Gaetano
, Coloa Annamaria
, Spiezia Stefano
Background: Nodular goiter is one of the commonest endocrinopathy. Its incidence increases with age accounting for more than 50% of subjects older than 60 years. Elderly subjects more frequently suffer from pressure symptoms. Loco-regional treatments, like laser photocoagulation and percutaneous ethanol injection, are a potentially useful tool to treat TNs but their efficacy is still debated. Radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA) has been applied to several benign and malignan...