ea0037ep1052 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2015
Reverter Jordi L
, Alonso Nuria
, Ordonez Isabel
, Cuadrado Maribel
, Cano Lucia
, Mauricio Didac
, Domingo Manel Puig
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy, safety and patientÂ’s pain perception of percutaneous ethanol injection treatment (PEIT) as an alternative to surgery in symptomatic thyroid cysts.Patients and methods: Thirty consecutive patients (mean age: 46±10 years; 82% women) with symptomatic thyroid cysts relapsed after drainage were included. In all cases, cytology prior to treatment, maximum cyst diameter and volume were determined. PEIT was conduct...