Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ultrasound (US)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for treating of benign thyroid nodules.Material and methods: The retrospective analysis included the results of treatment of 450 patients with benign tumors of the thyroid gland in the Samara Oncology Center. 91 (20.2%) patients had autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and 359 (79.8%) had symptomatic ones. The mean volu...

Introduction: The usual treatment for autonomously functioning benign thyroid nodules was surgery until the advent of new techniques such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA). This study aimed at estimating RFA efficacy of autonomously functioning benign thyroid nodules.Material and Methods: The analysis included the results of treatment of 108 patients with autonomously functioning benign tumors of the thyroid gland, received in the Samara Oncology Center. ...